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How Old and what boat?
On 23 Jul 2003 18:19:44 GMT, (SkitchNYC) wrote:
In the case of the boats I have owned, I much prefer to use a
sacrificial furling cover that is white. The only downside is that it
is possible, upon rerigging things to have the sail furling in the
opposite direction than was intended, with the result being the
sacrificial cover is on the inside, where it doesn't do any good.
That is a harder mistake to make with the standard dark furling cover,
but fairly easy with a white one.
Please explain how this can be. It seems that it would require turning the
drum the wrong way or running the leach up the foil, both of which seem pretty
easy to avoid.
A roller furler can furl clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on
the preference of the sailor as to which way to run the furling line.
Admittedly, once the thing is setup, I can't see how it could be
easily or mistakenly reversed, but sails are ordered with the furling
cover on either port or starboard and the drum can be setup to furl
clockwise or counterclockwise, so s*it happens. I can't really say
how those continuous line furlers work, as I have never sailed a boat
that had one. Perhaps therein lies another factor.
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