[Public-List] roller furling

John Riley jriley at dsbscience.com
Fri Mar 11 14:21:56 PST 2011


Don Campbell wrote:
>
>     you never sail with any reef in the foresail.

Hmmm.  Does that statement really apply to ANY foresail, or just roller
sails?

I know several people on cruising boats with reefable hank-on headsails
and they swear by them.  These sails were designed to be reefed by the
saillmaker, so reefing them is not an afterthought; they came with reef
points, not unlike a reefable main.

I don't know that there are many 'absolutes' when it comes to sailing,
sail boats or sailors...

-- 
John S. Riley
S/V Gaelic Sea
1972 Alberg 30 #521


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