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Roller Furlings
You hit the nail on the head Howard.
"Vito" wrote in message ... 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 |
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