[Public-List] Roller Furling for Sale

[Jonathan Adams]

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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