headsail furlers -the good, the bad and the ugly...sound off!

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:52:48 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

On 2008-08-20 17:49:01 -0400, (Richard
Casady) said:

Some reason a furler couldn't have a shear pin like an outboard motor?

A real good one: If you DO have high enough winds that you need to
winch in, the possible cost of overstressing the luff is well below
that of losing the boat.

The shear pin is to protect the metal, not the sail.

Casady

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