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ClamBeach
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Initially Posted - 01/24/2003 : 09:54:53

Ok, next thought... Roller furling.

On the cutter-rigged V23, headsail handling was pretty easy (except for the bowsprit part). The C25 has much bigger headsails and since I single hand a lot, roller-furling will likely make things both easier and safer.

(ok, there's the $$$ justification... now the question)

Which furlers are you folks using? Any/all comments on ease of rigging, reliabiltiy, conveinence, sources etc. are all greatly welcomed... Ditto a good place to have the headsail recut.

TIA

- CB

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25

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John Mason
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Response Posted - 01/24/2003 : 14:22:56

I have an old CDI furler, so I can't recommend any. But one thing to consider is do you take the mast down often (trailering and such) or does the mast stay up year 'round.

Some furlers are more suited to easy mast stepping and unstepping(CDI flexible furler for example). Others look like a more permanent installation.

John Mason - Ali Paroosa
1982 - FK/SR #3290

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/24/2003 : 15:03:32

Clam(Did your parents give you this name? <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>)

I have a Harken furler and it has worked wonderfully in my first season with it, and I would recommend it.

Check out this link from Sailnet to get an idea of manufacturers and prices.
http://www.sailnet.com/store/departments.cfm?id=210

And about having your current hanked-on sail recut to use on the furler, in what shape is the current headsail?

If it is relatively new I would investigate having it recut, but I don't know if it would be worth having a sailmaker recut and recondition the sail, remove hanks and install luff tape, add a UV cover, foam luff,...etc, on an older sail. You may be better off, dollarwise, buying a new sail that was designed as a furling sail and selling the old hanked on sail.

Just something to think about.

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/24/2003 : 15:04:41

Oh, yeah...Here's a Sailnet article on installing roller furling,

http://www.sailnet.com/collections/articles/index.cfm?articleid=suelar0193

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 01/24/2003 : 23:23:08

"Quiet Time" is equipped with a Cruising Design FF4 furler. I installed it myself, no rocket science involved. You might have to have a new headstay fabricated for it, depending on what kind of turnbuckle and toggles are on your existing headstay.
What I like about the CDI Furler:
1. Very simple design, and very rugged construction. Bulletproof reliability.
2. Designed specifically for trailering, the foil is a one-piece extruded polymer, extremely strong, yet highly flexible. You can run over the foil with a vehicle tire and not damage it in the slightest.
3. Price. At $450 it is reasonably priced.
4. Functionality: It performs it's intended function well.
5. Lifetime, no-questions-asked warranty. Every 4 or 5 years you will probably need to replace the halyard, as it weathers and degrades from UV exposure, and the waranty covers it.

I have had CDI furlers on all three of my sailboats, and in 16 years have never had a serious failure, just had to replace the halyards and furling lines periodically as they wear out.

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25 #1205 "Quiet Time"
Sacramento, CA

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 01/25/2003 : 07:33:55

this March Schaeffer is coming out with a new furler especially for trailerable boats in the 25 to 26 foot range. I'm waiting to see what that looks like. It is supposed to have a larger foil which will accept a standard size luff tape, and be able to work on a tall rig

Frank Gloss
89WK/TR

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 01/26/2003 : 19:30:35

I installed a cdi ff-4 a couple of years ago, and really love it. I would recommend the cdi to you. My marina operator steps the mast for me so raising the mast with furler on is "no sweat" for me, but for theMO is is a pain. Connecting the forestay, getting the pin in seems to a pain in the . . .. Maybe that's why I let him do it!

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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LeighMarie
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Response Posted - 02/07/2003 : 11:49:08

I vote for the Schaeffer Marine Snap-Furl. I installed it last year and it works like a charm! I looked at the CDI also, but went for the Snap-Furl because it looked better to me. No need to do anything to the headstay (be sure to put the halyard retainer clip on!!!) or anything. I'd buy it all over again.

Dave & Sharon on "Leigh-Marie"
Hull #5128

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10timesSaltier
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Response Posted - 02/07/2003 : 16:05:50

I just finished converting my 150 genoa to a furling headsail. I'm installing a Harken 00 as soon as it warms up.

If you decide to convert your existing sail, I found this pamphlet useful:

http://www.sailrite.com/PDF/Rollerfurling&Suncover.pdf

Brian.
Great Salt Lake (10-times saltier than the ocean)
"SAFARI", C25 TR-FK #2275

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