[Public-List] New furler needed, recommendations? Get a Schaeffer - period, full stop ; )

[Michael Grosh via Public-List]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see difficulty in adjusting the
headstay as a deal breaker. Once it's set up, headstay tension is adjusted
with the backstay. I don't think I ever mess with the forestay turnbuckle
on my hank on rig once I get the mast up.
I can see the usefulness of self furling on larger rigs dealing with larger
square footage headsails; but there are some advantages to small. Right?
My son in law had to replace a foil section that got damaged in winter
storage on his 27 footer. Boogers are delicate when not in the air.
I bare boated a 39 footer once that had self furling and was told not to
reef more than 3 turns-more than that and the point load subjected the foil
to kinking. That was long ago though, perhaps the technology has changed.
MichaelGrosh
#220
On Dec 10, 2014 2:47 PM, "John Birch via Public-List" <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Love our Schaeffer 2000 Furler / Reefer on our A-37, stronger than Harken
> - better design, twin #6 luff tape foil (internal luff groves, less
> vulnerable to spin & whisker pole impacts). Bought ours 14 years ago, and
> have had zero problems.
>
> For an A-30, you'd be looking for the Schaeffer 1100 series.
>
> Built in the USA, employee owned - what's not to like ; )
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Terrell via Public-List" <
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> To: "Richard Mair" <ramair49 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] New furler needed, recommendations?
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>
>  Richard
>>
>> I have a profurl and think it will meet your needs as it has been used
>> successfully in round the world races. One of the things I like about it is
>> that the tension on the fore stay can be adjusted easily. My previous boat
>> had a harken 00 and on that unit it was very difficult to adjust the
>> forestay tension. I do not know if Harken has dealt with this issue. I
>> purchased the boat in 1994. Others can speak to changes Harken may have
>> made.
>>
>> David
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Richard Mair via Public-List wrote:
>>
>>  We have a Schafer which has been great. It's been across the Atlantic and
>>> up the St Lawrence. It was on the boat when we bought her ten years ago..
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>    My furler has multiple issues and needs to be replaced. Any help with
>>>    finding an appropriate one would be great. Also good places to get it
>>>    done in Annapolis or Baltimore would be perfect. I plan on offshoring
>>> a
>>>    lot long term so assume I need something extra sturdy?
>>>    Thanks all,
>>>    Paul.
>>>    --
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