[bwindrope]

Again, thank you Ian and Brian.

I have replaced my reefing hook/bolt with just a plain bolt and believe I am going to do the pendant thing as was recommended. I tried it today, and it works great. I have an existing cleat on my mast for the main halyard, and it has room to double the reef line with the halyard. This works well because the sequence of releasing and tightening lines works out.

One question on the clew tensioning though: If you have both sides of your reefing line on the same side of the boom, which I do, is it a problem that the boom gets twisted when you tighten the reef? Because the lines are on the side of the boom, they can't help but lift and twist the boom up toward the cringle as you tighten the reef. Is it normal and OK?

Boy it feels great to be getting Aeolus all correctly rigged.