By-Law Reefing

Editorial discussing the Thistle class by-laws regarding roller reefing requirements. The article explores two distinct skipper groups in the class - those with reefing experience and those without - and addresses the responsibility of class safety and whether skippers should be required to have reefing capability.

This is a summary. The full article text is © the Thistle Class Association — read the original scan via the link above.

• reefing
• by-laws
• class rules