Share 'Roller reefing for small cats'

I thought I'd share some experience of setting up my Hitia 17 “Lilla My” with a roller reefing jib in case it is useful to others. I have certainly found it worked well for me over a summer of camp cruising and some more leisurely day sailing since. I used a roller system made by Rob Helyar at Flexible Reefing Spars (you can find them online) - this has a flexible tubular spar in a thin luff poc…