"Maxprop" wrote in message
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Does anyone have experience with one of these main-furling systems?

I'm considering putting one on my current boat, if I choose to keep her
for a while longer. But I'm open to other suggestions. I'm not a fan of
in-mast furlers. Too risky, considering a jam with the sail half-furled
could be disastrous to the sail--or boat-- if caught in a blow. And mast
furlers don't allow for horizontal battens--I'm not sold on the new
vertical battens yet.

Any suggestions will be welcome.

Max

Used in-mast furlers on both Tortola charters and they worked flawlessly.
Only observation I can offer about Hood, from experience, is that their
customer service is poor for older products. Don't know if this is common in
the industry or not, could be that Hood isn't quite up to snuff as they are
now owned by Pompanette, a French company! I think the biggest problem with
the inmast systems would be that they are fairly expensive, and if they do
fail would be a real pita to fix, probably.

John Cairns