"Bart" wrote in message
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I've had one in-mast furler jam and it took lots of
playihng with it to get it to furl. Consider what a
have furled in mast sail will do when the wind picks
up. The in boom furlers, if the fail, will at least let
your drop the sail normally. Also the battens have
to be vertical as you said, and the leech straight or
hollow.

I've read that the angle of the boom to the mast
is critical for in-boom furlers. Even with this headache
I think in boom is best option if you can afford $10k or
more for a boom.

Your observations pretty much mirror my own, Bart. I'm just not a fan of
truncated roaches and vertical battens, etc.

Max