reef band

reef band

A strip of canvas sewn across the sail in which the eyelet holes are worked to receive the reef points.

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Long pieces of rough canvas sewed across the sails to give them additional strength.

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long pieces of rough canvas sewed across the sails to give them additional strength.

reef-band

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A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

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