wot not for reefing pennant

[onenyala]

I have just bought a new mainsail which has cringles along the foot for the slab reefing.
As I understand it the end of the pennant comes out of the end of the boom,up to the cringle on the leach, down and under the boom, up and through the corresponding cringle in the foot of the sail and the end is then attached (bent) on to its own part.
I have been given conflicting methods of bending the end to its own part. It seems to me that the best method is: after the end has been passed through the cringle on the foot to take the end round the pennant to 'capture' it, pass the end back through the cringle and make a bowline on its own part.
Any advice will be welcome.

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[AIDY]

Yes a bowline is used round the boom.

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[geoffatstanpit]

Though I wouldn't have recognised the bit marked "bowline knot" as a bowline! The idea is to make a small loop round the standing part to act as a self-tightening slip knot.

Geoff

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[onenyala]

Thanks for both replies. I was not thinking laterally and was taking the end under the boom instead of taking it through the foot cringle first and back up to make the bowline.
Stuart

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[Ships_Cat]

Another easy and less bulky way is to take the reef line through the foot grommet as shown in the link given above (or between the sail and the boom if slides are used) and up around the boom, but instead of tying a bowline around the standing part of the reefing line tie a clove hitch tied with the bitter end part of the knot around the reefing line closest to the foot grommet in the sail (ie the clove hitch spirals downwards). This will then slip tight around the boom and is the method I usually use.

Alternatively, instead of the bowline or clove hitch, one can just pass the reefing line through the foot grommet, up around under the boom, pass it around the standing part of the reefing line and then wind 3 or 4 turns back around itself downwards in the direction of the boom. This can then be pulled tight against the boom and is especially good for the reefing line that is used for the third reef, in those cases where a third reef line is not permanently run, as it never jambs.

John

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