Maxi 95 - 8.9 Knt 25 wind

In really heavy weather I have tried to reef the main sail. My opinion is that if you choose to reef the main sail you will experience heavy weather in a much calmer fashion. When reefing the main sail the long line (delivered in the sail bag) is made fast to the stainless steel eye at the end of the boom. The line is then pulled through the outer reefing point clew in the sail. The line is then pulled through the cars on the track located on the other side of the boom and pulled forward to the cleat located on the boom near the mast. Releasing the tension on the ??? and the main halyard allows the inner reefing clew to be hooked on to the reefing hook on the boom. The reefing line is then tightened hard so that the sail is laying close to the boom. The main is the hoisted and the ??? tightened. Note: a few mast track slides must be removed from the mast track when reefing.