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Yankee 30 MK 111
Have the subject boat and getting ready to single hand to the south
pacific. Boat is basic with the 3 typical headsails in good shape. I'm debating adding roller furler reefing or staying with the basics. What say you all for an old (65) single hander? Gordon |
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Yankee 30 MK 111
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:56:12 -0800, in message
Gordon wrote: Have the subject boat and getting ready to single hand to the south pacific. Boat is basic with the 3 typical headsails in good shape. I'm debating adding roller furler reefing or staying with the basics. What say you all for an old (65) single hander? As a not so old, sometimes single-hander, I would say get the roller furling. Doing foredeck work in the dark in a blow is bad enough with somebody intelligent on the helm. When I'm alone I especially appreciate my furler. Ryk |
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Gordon wrote:
I'm debating adding roller furler reefing or staying with the basics. What say you all for an old (65) single hander? We had roller furling on our last boat and don't on our current one in which we just finished a 2 year cruise around the Pacific. Before we leave again on our next major trip, we will definitely have roller furling on our jib and probably on our staysail. In addition, it will save on the all too precious available storage since we won't be hauling around 3 separate jibs. Finally, without the lowered jib to work around, it will make anchoring a little easier. There will be days in which it seems like you are constantly reefing, unreefing or changing the headsail configuration. Some days (and nights) are just like that. As far as the single handing vs. double handing issue, they are basically the same thing since when underway on long passages, unless you are willing to wake up or interrupt whatever your mate is doing whenever you make a sail change, 9 out of 10 times you are likely to be doing it alone anyway. Other couples may be different, but that's how things are with us. I note that at least you don't have a bowsprit. That does make the headsail changes a bit easier, but if you can afford it, I would still recommend adding the reefing. This will probably ignite a firestorm of opinions, but when the time comes, I will be looking real hard at Harken's new line of cruising furlers. I don't know anything about them yet except the marketing fluff that's been posted on the net (http://www.harken.com/press/Harken-C...gFurler07.php), but I had Harken on our last boat and it served me well. Hope this helped - Dan |
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Yankee 30 MK 111
Gordon wrote:
Have the subject boat and getting ready to single hand to the south pacific. Boat is basic with the 3 typical headsails in good shape. I'm debating adding roller furler reefing or staying with the basics. What say you all for an old (65) single hander? Gordon After single handing a signficantly larger boat for a few thousand miles, I'd not live w/o roller headsail furling again. It's a must on any boat I may have even if I have a crew of 10. |
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