| The seas are becoming better organised and Groupama 3 is making good speed under reefed mainsail, staysail and gennaker. |
| On the last night coming in I reefed the mainsail three times and we rounded the Cape of Good Hope in five-metres high breaking waves. |
| The wind will then partly fill the sail and help to improve its shape when reefed. |
| Improves handling when the sail is to be reefed to a permanent tack reef-hook. |
| If you intend to set them again after the topsail is reefed, clew the sail up. |
| Even if the sails were incomplete, couldn't they have been reefed down, rip-stopped, patched, or sewed? |
