The main got stuck furled in the mast and the new owner tried to
"outhaul it" to straighten it out in the little slot.


At my club we have several Beneteau's, Catalina's, Tayana 48, and even
a older Pearson 36 (among others) with in mast furling. They all have
had trouble without exception. Much of the time this is due to the
owner having it setup wrong and dealers certainly get it wrong, as in
the case of my friend's Tayana. Seldon actually handled the setup and
STILL got it wrong. Everyone ends up in an uneasy relationship with the
system after those initial problems. The only one I know who seems
happy is a O'Day 34 with a CDI system that furls outside the mast. It
looks a bit awkward, but doesn't seem to jam. No main furling system
would work well on a 35s5 because so much of the drive is provided by
the main.

For anyone interested, the CDI system is probably a safer and easier
(especially for cost) system, but is certainly a performance loser as
well.

http://www.sailcdi.com/sailpdf/Mains...gManua1_03.pdf


Robert B
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote:

The main got stuck furled in the mast and the new owner tried to
"outhaul it" to straighten it out in the little slot.


At my club we have several Beneteau's, Catalina's, Tayana 48, and even
a older Pearson 36 (among others) with in mast furling. They all have
had trouble without exception. Much of the time this is due to the
owner having it setup wrong and dealers certainly get it wrong, as in
the case of my friend's Tayana. Seldon actually handled the setup and
STILL got it wrong. Everyone ends up in an uneasy relationship with the
system after those initial problems. The only one I know who seems
happy is a O'Day 34 with a CDI system that furls outside the mast. It
looks a bit awkward, but doesn't seem to jam. No main furling system
would work well on a 35s5 because so much of the drive is provided by
the main.

We have behind the mast furling that was installed by the PO. Works
fine. Doesn't get stuck (knock wood), and also doesn't make a lot of
noise in the wind like the in-mast ones do.

For anyone interested, the CDI system is probably a safer and easier
(especially for cost) system, but is certainly a performance loser as
well.

http://www.sailcdi.com/sailpdf/Mains...gManua1_03.pdf


Robert B
35s5
NY

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

At my club we have several Beneteau's, Catalina's, Tayana 48, and even
a older Pearson 36 (among others) with in mast furling. They all have
had trouble without exception. Much of the time this is due to the
owner having it setup wrong and dealers certainly get it wrong, as in


Geoffrey's Amel Sharki has in-mast furling of both main and mizzen. Amel
takes the HUGE approach...huge mast with massive gear-driven shaft in a
very large, open slot. If you don't pull on the outhaul and warp the shaft
into the slot, it works extremely well and doesn't jam. It doesn't even
have to be tightly wrapped as the space is much larger than it really needs
to be to wrap the main around the shaft. We've sailed it partially furled
very successfully in heavy weather when the reef wasn't quite enough. Half
furled in a heavy breeze it still pulls like a tractor. The only time it
"gets stuck", which is easy to fix by just letting go of the outhaul and
unfurling it, releasing the pressure on the shaft, is when you try to wrap
it too tight.

The new Amel 52, of course, has ELECTRIC furling on them all, right from
the helm....(c;

We still have to haul out the winch handles into the spray on the
Sharki....(d^
12 winches and winch handle-powered tracks, too. Winch handles all over!

Larry
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Halloween candy sure has dropped in price, lately!

On 19 Nov 2006 07:23:31 -0800, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

For anyone interested, the CDI system is probably a safer and easier
(especially for cost) system, but is certainly a performance loser as
well.

All of the mainsail furling systems are performance losers because you
have to give up the roach sail area and the battens. Far better in my
experience, and just about as easy to use, is a lazy jack system that
will catch the main as it drops and leave everything piled neatly on
top of the boom.