[Public-List] Roller Furling

[Jeffrey via Public-List]

Gord,

Did you write that reffing a furling headsail via rolling some of it in is
bad for the sail? I'd not heard this before.  What's the issue?

Jeff

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> That’s the way I did it aboard the Folkboat...
>
> G
> #426 Surprise
>
> On 2017-09-28, 11:35 AM, "Public-List on behalf of George Dinwiddie via
> Public-List" <public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org on behalf of
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
>     I quickly learned not to tie the downhaul to the halyard or the head of
>     the sail. Pulling down on the head of the sail twists the sail at the
>     top hank, jamming it on the forestay. That's why I tie the downhaul to
>     the top hank. A clove hitch around the body of the hank secured with a
>     half hitch seems to work fine.
>
>       - George
>
>     On 9/27/17 10:08 PM, Rod Symmes via Public-List wrote:
>     >   <<< Guess that I could install grommets along the
>     > luff, say three inches in from the luff tape and run a line from the
> top
>     > grommet to the foredeck, then use a downhaul just as George does.
>  Have
>     > not seen anyone do that.  Could be interesting.  Will have to ask
> around
>     > about it. >>>
>     > Jonathan -  I would advise against doing that.  I don't believe it
> will work well - and here is why.
>     >
>     > On my previous boat I had hanked on foresails and a down-haul that
> worked beautifully until I too thought I could "improve" it.  My halliard
> had a snap for the head of the jib and the down haul was also tied to the
> snap, down to a block at the stem and back to the cockpit, as someone
> mentioned earlier.  Because that down haul was not restrained, if the wind
> was just right, it would whap whap whap at the back of the jib.  I thought
> I would fix that by clipping each ( ?? senior moment) on the luff of the
> jib over both the fore stay and the down haul as I installed it thus
> containing the down haul line.  My thinking was that should work - it will
> be coming down with the sail.
>     >
>     > WRONG  !   By the time the jib was half way down, the ( senior
> moments ) were piling up at the foot of the stay and the down haul was
> having to slide through them all.  The friction became so great I could not
> get the jib all the way down.  Grommets would bind on the line even worse.
> Also,  you would have to re-thread that line each time you change jibs.
> Not convenient or quick.
>     >
>     > With the down haul loose to fly from the head to the stem block, it
> was quick and easy and, while lowering sail, if pulled down snugly and
> cleated, even a big genoa would usually stay inside the lifelines until I
> could deal with it.
>     >
>     > Bonus Feature:  the halliard can never get lost up the mast.
>     >
>     >
>     > Happy sailing.
>     >
>     >
>     > Cheers,     Rod            P.S.   Is that  (senior moment) called a
> barrel snap ?????   (-:
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