[Public-list] Roller furling - or hanked on?

[Mike Lehman]

I'm with Brian on this one. I switched to a Schaeffer 1100 with a new 135% 
and remain competitive, and have the added luxury of 'rolling up' to a 110 
with good shape. A good example of how handy this is, was this past week on 
the Fall Cruise. While sailing up the Chester River, the wind was from the 
west. As the river took a bend to the west [not wide enough to tack upwind], 
we simply rolled up and motored into the wind, the when the river turned 
north at the next mark, we un-rolled, cut the motor and we sailing again. 
It's great, but it is also a good system that is matched to the A30.

Mike Lehman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian and Elaine Timmins" <timmins at optonline.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Roller furling - or hanked on?


> A long, long time ago, I used to single hand a Tartan 27 yawl. I had a
> hanked on jib and used a downhaul to douse it quickly.  On the 34' cutter
> that followed, I also had hank on sails (both staysail and jib). On my
> Alberg, I had roller furling for the first time. It is much easier and 
> more
> convienient than hank on. A proper roller furling jib with a sun band on 
> the
> leech and foot is a wonderful thing. I believe a 135% is ideal. It can be
> roller reefed to about a 110% and still set OK. The 135 is enough to keep
> you going in all but the lightest conditions. The best part is that it's
> always rigged and ready. When your coming in at the end of the sail, all 
> you
> need to do is pull on the furling line and it's put away.
>   Of course, none of this applies if your really racing and trying to get
> the most out of your sails. In that case, you probably want a Tuff Luff or
> similar continuous extrusion with minimal windage.
>   On my current 39' cutter, my staysail is hanked and my yankee is furled. 
> I
> can sail well with or without the yankee, but either way is a simple "pull
> on that line" choice. Almost no work to put it out or in, where as the
> staysail (club footed and always hanked on) still requires me to go 
> forward,
> remove the ties and hoist it.
> Regards,
> Brian   ex#497
> I have been wondering
> > if I want roller furling on the jib of my yet-to-be-purchased boat. 
> > I'll
> be
> > cruising, not racing.
>
>
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