Interesting furling system....anyone have expereince with this system

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MODEL
NUMBER TYPICAL
LOA TYPICAL STAY
DIAMETER MAX. STAY
LENGTH LIST
PRICE US$ PROMO
PRICE US$
A0 20' 1/8" 30' $612 $499
A1 25' 3/16" 35' $739 $599
A2 32' 1/4 " 40' $862 $699
A3 36' 5/16" 50' $1199 $975
A4 40' 3/8" 55' $1815 $1475
B1 40' 3/8 " 55' $2123 $1725
B2 50' 7/16" 65' $2877 $2338
B3 60' 1/2 " 75' $3662 $2975
B4 70' 9/16" 85' $4415 $3588

Furling TWO head sails? Interesting. inelegant but interesting.

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wrote:

Furling TWO head sails? Interesting. inelegant but interesting.

I don't remember seeing the original, but it can be done with two
forestays, two wire-luff headsails on special tacks, or a combination of
the two.

Personally, I won't put an upwind sail on a wire luff again.

Two headsails at once can be handy, as can be a small and large one that
can be used independently (think cutter rigs).

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Two genoas on a single forestay or single furler:

Done a lot by tradewind sailors.
Most furler foils have two slots.
You can load two genoas, one into each foil slot.
One sail is held out by a whisker pole.
Usually only one sheet is fastened to a single clew.
If you need to go 'up weather' the 'lazy' genoa will just sit there
inside the one thats full.
When furling BOTH sails are rolled.
This arrangement is typically for dead-downwind sailing .... poor
tactic for 'any' sailing because it make for a 'rolly' boat.

The solent rig - two furlers on the centerline at the stem - is the
'modern' method.

Better to use a spinnaker and 'tack' downwind and take advantage of
higher apparent wind across the sails.





In article , Jere Lull
wrote:

In article .com,
wrote:

Furling TWO head sails? Interesting. inelegant but interesting.

I don't remember seeing the original, but it can be done with two
forestays, two wire-luff headsails on special tacks, or a combination of
the two.

Personally, I won't put an upwind sail on a wire luff again.

Two headsails at once can be handy, as can be a small and large one that
can be used independently (think cutter rigs).