AutoPilot Vs. Furling
 

AutoPilot Vs. Furling
 

Terry Spragg wrote:
d parker wrote:

"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
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d parker wrote:


The Auto pilot requires more than the price for the unit itself.
Power generation and power storage have to be increased. So if the
boat isnt already set up with good power, you will need to get the
check book out again.

Besides, if youre sailing short handed its useful. But most of the
time there is someone on board to take the helm.


...and, you need a sharp watchman anyway.

Terry K


SNip

yep you're right. I reckon he should get the furler

DP


I maintain that a pull down line on the jib head, led aft to the cockpit
via a small block at the forepeak, is a better answer overall.

Pull jib down, sieze up downhaul, set main reef, rehoist jib is a very
safe manouver. It should also be easy for any fit sailor. No boat
should be sailing without consideration for crew fitness.

A well designed rig near the extreme of conditions will enable you to
sail well under a main trysail alone. If not, you should be trailing
warps or a drogue under bare poles, and warming up a can of beans under
your armpit, battened down, on deck or below.

A bare forestay is better in a blow than a baggy wrinkled genny forcing
your head downwind.

Terry K

I agree.

AutoPilot Vs. Furling
 

"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
.. .
d parker wrote:

"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
.. .

d parker wrote:


The Auto pilot requires more than the price for the unit itself. Power
generation and power storage have to be increased. So if the boat isnt
already set up with good power, you will need to get the check book out
again.

Besides, if youre sailing short handed its useful. But most of the time
there is someone on board to take the helm.


...and, you need a sharp watchman anyway.

Terry K


SNip

yep you're right. I reckon he should get the furler

DP

I maintain that a pull down line on the jib head, led aft to the cockpit
via a small block at the forepeak, is a better answer overall.

Pull jib down, sieze up downhaul, set main reef, rehoist jib is a very
safe manouver. It should also be easy for any fit sailor. No boat should
be sailing without consideration for crew fitness.

A well designed rig near the extreme of conditions will enable you to sail
well under a main trysail alone. If not, you should be trailing warps or
a drogue under bare poles, and warming up a can of beans under your
armpit, battened down, on deck or below.

A bare forestay is better in a blow than a baggy wrinkled genny forcing
your head downwind.

Terry K

All this is relevant to where and when the boat is sailed.. I missed the
initial post. But if the guy is bay sailing a furler is perfect. Understand
what you are saying if he is a passage maker. Though these days even the
purest of the purists are starting to furl.

DP