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k. Using the gore folding procedures in (g), fold the gores and reef the canopy skirt between lines 91
and 120 until the right group of gores are folded and lines 61 through 120 are in the right slot of the
line separator.
l.
Rotate the reefing line cutter at line 61 upward again and from right to left, pass one end of the third
reefing line through the hole in the reefing line cutter.
m. Pull 6-inches of the third reefing line through the reefing line cutter. Release the slip knot on the first
reefing line.
n. Secure the ends of the first and third reefing lines together over the reefing line cutter at line 61 with a
surgeons knot and locking knot. Make an overhand knot in each running end. Trim each tie end at a
point 2-inches from the surgeon's knot and locking knot.