C Pete - just curious. Do you (or anyone else for that matter) actually have your reefing set up so you can do it from the cockpit? Also, do you have a downhaul rigged for the Main sail too?

I have a LOAD of leaking hardware mounted on my cabintop that is not being used. I'm currently planning on removing the whole mess since it isn't set up well anyway. It doesn't make sense to me to have just SOME lines lead back to the cockpit...