[Public-List] roller furling

[Gordon Laco]

Reefing the foresail is quite useful... But not using the furler of course.
Some cruising headsails have reef points to raise the clew and reduce area -
it's not a bad way to make a sail more versitile.   And of course setting a
smaller headsail is the same effect as reefing...

Now one thing people argue about is whether tying in a reef to a headsail is
easier than just changing the sail.... I think it's easier changing....

Gord #426 Surprise


On 11/03/11 5:21 PM, "John Riley" <jriley at dsbscience.com> wrote:

> 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...



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