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Lessons of a tragedy....Roller furlers suck
Joe wrote:
I learned early to reef and swap head sails before the front or bad weather hits. It's not that hard Katy. True...RedCloud has the to ability to power out of trouble, but that has nothing to do with roll up failures, and Ive seen so many roll up's shreaded it isn't funny. Next thing your going to try to tell me in-mast rollers systems are great. Bwahahahahahahahaaaa. Joe Nope...I don't think they're great except for people that would never venture out into anything but fair akies and fair seas...and we sailed for years without a furler, so I do know what I'm talking about. The erros in that story ahd nothing to do with furling and everything to do with inept sailong...and yes, we reef early...sometimes we reeft right at the dock or mooring, preferring a controlled situation rather than getting out there and having everything flying all over...it's always much easier to shake iot all out if uneeded than to reef in under poor conditions... |