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 end of the reef-pennant is a knot which prevents it slipping through the hole in the comb-cleat.

To take a reef down in the mainsail, top up the boom a bit, and haul it well inboard with the sheet; slack away the throat and peak halyards to allow of the reef-cringle being brought down to the boom. When the cringle has been got well down with the earring, secure the earring to the boom with a reef-pennant bend, the method of forming which is shown in the figure. Hook the tack on the reef-cringle at the luff of the sail, bowse it down and secure it. Roll up the foot of the sail tightly, and tie the