[Public-List] Roller Furling for Sale

[Lawrence Morris]

I have RF and I wouldnt own a boat without it. 

I never had to flatten sails to roll smoothly. However you can only sail with the sail completely unfurled. A partially furled sail has lousy performance and destroys the sail shape. 

My 2 cents!

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Larry Morris

On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:07, Jonathan Adams <laughing_gull at verizon.net> wrote:

> When a sail has to be rolled, the bag needs to be cut out of the luff so that it 
> rolls nicely. This takes much of the power out of the sail - especially if it is 
> a big sail (if you are rolling a small sail the bag is less of an issue),, and 
> if you are in light wind places - like the chesapeake, you never really use a 
> small sail. I rarely come off the 170, and if I do, it is to the 150.
> 
> when 5 knots is a good speed, a flat sail can bring you down a knot or 20%. This 
> adds up if you are going any distance.
> 
> I have been sailing along side much bigger boats (Benneteau 45s) with all roller 
> furling and been going faster, and have had to attribute it to the sails. 
> However. I have also noticed a correlation between people that have all roller 
> furling and people who appear to be sailing challenged. If you know how to make 
> your boat go fast, do you buy all roller furling? Maybe you just do not care, 
> and since you have a big engine, you just start it when you have go fast? This 
> is an option we do not have so readily.
> 
> Jonathan
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> ________________________________
> From: John Riley <jriley at dsbscience.com>
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Sent: Fri, March 11, 2011 8:29:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Roller Furling for Sale
> 
> darrell ezra wrote:
>> why ?
>> isn't roller furlling the way to go?
>> 
>> 
> 
> Personal choice.
> 
> We don't have a furler and refuse to install one.  Some may disagree,
> but our boat...our choices.
> 
> RF vs hanks is one of those topics that almost always results in an
> argument on sailing forums...along with downhaul vs cunningham and which
> anchor is best.
> 
> -- 
> John S. Riley
> S/V Gaelic Sea
> 1972 Alberg 30 #521
> 
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