Other than sasles folk, I'd heard only negatives concerning in-mast furling
systems. I had expected to hear the same sort of thing from this newsgroup.
The almost universally positive responses concerning the different sail
handling technologies is very reassuring.

Ed
"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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I have in-mast furling. What would you consider "operator error"?
What is this litany of horor stories about furling disasters. In my
experience I have come across a few folks that have had occational
furling problems, but nothing I would consider a litany of disasters.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Ed Thomas" wrote in message
news:dpFdd.5171$WN5.3753@trndny08...
Thank you all for your experiences and opinions. At this point if two
boats
were close I'd go with the stackpack option over in-mast furling. If a
boat
is clearly superior, in-mast furling will not disqualify it from
selection.
In-mast furling seems to be more susceptible to "operator error". What
did
not appear here, and what I was nervous about, was a litany of horror
stories of furling disasters.
thanks again.
Ed