Ferg wrote:

Why are you adding roller furling? really?


I asked myself the same question when I bought my new/old boat. I'd
sailed in 20' boats a "few" years back and had never a problem bagging
or unbagging a jib. Then my surveyor left my head sail in a clump and I
quickly made two discoveries: 1) that the intervening 40 years had been
less than kind and 2)that the 150 Genny for my C30 was *mucho* harder to
fold and bag than those I recalled. Stepping onto the dock, my thrice
broken back and ribs protesting, I noted that *all* the newer boats had
odd bandages wrapped around their headstays. "Whazzat" I asked, and
moments later - my poor old tired bod reinforcing the decision - I
decided I'd add roller furling.

If I was still 25 ....

Howard

You hit the nail on the head Howard.

"Vito" wrote in message
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Ferg wrote:

Why are you adding roller furling? really?


I asked myself the same question when I bought my new/old boat. I'd
sailed in 20' boats a "few" years back and had never a problem bagging
or unbagging a jib. Then my surveyor left my head sail in a clump and I
quickly made two discoveries: 1) that the intervening 40 years had been
less than kind and 2)that the 150 Genny for my C30 was *mucho* harder to
fold and bag than those I recalled. Stepping onto the dock, my thrice
broken back and ribs protesting, I noted that *all* the newer boats had
odd bandages wrapped around their headstays. "Whazzat" I asked, and
moments later - my poor old tired bod reinforcing the decision - I
decided I'd add roller furling.

If I was still 25 ....

Howard