Hi Greg, I'm at work so I can't measure my sail but the grommets are at the top of the first sail panel...(3' above the boom?) 4 grommets have lashing lines to lash around the boom and the 5th one I use to attatch the outhaul. The best place to reef is on the beech but that is not your question. I have reefed on the lake and I really had my hands full. Release the downhaul so that you are not fighting that then un-cleat the halyrard. The halyard (mine anyways) is behind the trap wires and stays, so yo need to bring it around to the front so you can get as far forward as you can in order to release the BB. Mine is very difficult to realease if I am pulling straight down on the halyard. After you release the sail to the reefing BB, lash the reefing lines to the boom, do the downhaul thing and reattach the outhaul to the reefing clew. Sounds like fun in a foot and a half of chop, hu? Take friends! As a side note when we are out with kids or non sailors that just want a ride, I will leave the sail up but reef the bottom. I keeps the boom well above everyones heads. Hope this was helpful, Tom H-16
<br>PS My mast is the "old" style. My boat is a '72,73,74,75 etc.
<br><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by coolcat on 07/17/01 04:55 PM.</EM></FONT></P>