Thread: headsail furlers -the good, the bad and the ugly...sound off!
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Default headsail furlers -the good, the bad and the ugly...sound off!
On 2008-08-12 01:13:00 -0400, lid (Jonathan Ganz) said:

I was out today in 20 kts with 25 gusts. My boat is fairly well balanced and
takes minimal effort. It's a masthead rig. We sailed with a small working jib
and one reef in the main. She would heel, give some slight weather helm, start
to round up, then correct and get back in the groove without helm intervention
(or at least not much.. two finger control).

Sounds like you had it right.

I have to tuck in the second reef and flatten the jib hard in those
conditions, as we're a light-air boat with significant weather helm if
we heel too much.

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