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CDI Furlers
Jere Lull wrote in message ...
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(Baybyter) wrote:
Friend of mine wants to replace his furler and has been thinking of the CDI
F9.
The rigging company he plans to use has discouraged him about this product,
stating "you get what you pay for" indicating that CDI does not make a
quality
product. They also stated that it takes a lot of hours to install as they
have
to lay out the plastic foil and get the "set" out it from being curled in
shipment.
Anyone out there with a CDI furler care to comment on the quality of this
product and its ease, or lack of thereof, of installation?
We put a CDI on a second boat, after about a decade's experience with
the first. It's the only manufacturer that got a 100% "satisfied" (and I
believe, "buy again") rating in the Practical Sailor survey a few years
ago.
It's dead simple, relatively easy to fit and mount, requires essentially
no maintenance and is bulletproof. Never a halyard wrap. Luff tension
can be (too) easily adjusted at the foot; we don't race, but sometimes
need to flatten the sail.
Yes, uncoiling the foil can be a bear. If you wish, they will send the
foil in a looser coil which is easier to straighten, but shipping is
higher.
I thought installation of the CDI (Their largest size) on my 28' S2
was simple. In fact, I have now taken it down and out it back up 3
times.
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