You need a main sail jack line
To avoid removing the sail stop during a reef, you should install a main sail jack line. There is description about this in the Catalina Direct catalog under their sails section. There is also a description in the Catalina National Sailing Association C-22 Technical Manual. However, both descriptions leave some questions.I installed my own version.First, just above the goose neck I put in an eye strap that is held in place with wing nuts that grab the inside of the sail groove and hence hold the eye strap in place.I secure a 3/16 inch line to the eye strap which is then run up to the first sail slug cringle. The shackle attaching this cringle to the sail slug is removed. The 3/16 inch line runs through the cringle and then through the eye on the back of the sail slug.Now at this point there is a more proper way of doing things, however, I am at a lost of just what that is. Nevertheless, right after going through the slug eye I tie an overhand or figure eight knot in the 3/16 inch line.Now, when the sail is raised, the cringle rides up along the line and then more or less at the sail slug it is drawn reasonably tight against the slug holding the luff of the sail at this point close and tight against the mast.When the sail needs to be reefed, the cringle rides down along this line eliminating the need to remove the sail stop and allowing the reef cringle to then be drawn up close to the boom.For the reef tack arrangement, you can use the previously mentioned line from an eye strap on one side of the mast (lower and forward of the tack), through the reef tack cringle, and then secured to a cleat on the other side of the mast (again lower and forward of the tack).Actually, for my C-22, I have set this up so I can set the reef tack from the cockpit, but that involves some more steps.