Wet Reefing
Had a new 27 in 1982 with reefing 110%jib. It worked fine, but was a pain. Some poor soul has to leave the comfort of the cockpit, tie the jib sheets on the reef cringle and relead them, fight with halyard/tack cringle attachment and retensioning. This is best done with at least two people aboard, running dead down wind with the jib blanketed by the main. But, it is easier and safer than a complete headsail change, and the reefed jib seems to work fine. We used to exhaust mainsail reef points before messing with the jib, and often simply sailed with the jib alone when the winds got high. The 27 sailed very nicely under jib alone, good luck with yours. Boy has roller furling/reefing spoiled me.
