"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