Southern Spars has come out with an "affordable" line of in-boom furlers. I have not seen or priced one. Just an option to consider.
Joel On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > John > > We have a Schaefer system > https://www.schaefermarine.com/our-products/boom-furlers/ . It was > installed by the PO. So, I did not do any prepurchase research on it, but > we like it. The electric winch that was also installed is a great addition > to the boat as well. Schaefer customer support has been great. Especially > considering the fact that I am not the original purchaser and it is about > 10 years old. > > The issues we have had are in two areas. First, the PO went with Beta, > the smaller of the two sizes offered, which puts our 45' luff right at the > top of the size for the diameter of the boom. This results in the luff > tape gets tightly rolled up and barely fits. I also had to downsize the > furling line because it was having a similar issue on the furling drum. If > you have anything close to 44' best to go with the Gamma. It costs about 6 > boat bucks more, but it's you boat, damnit. > > Next PO error was going cheap on the sails. The main was not built to the > Schaefer specs and I had to have it rebuilt twice. Why anyone would spend > that kind if $ on the in boom furling and then go cheap on sails is beyond > me... We finally tossed the old sails last year in favor of a new set from > the UK loft in Sidney BC. (I nice discount and the favorable exchange rate > closed the deal for me.) Stu did a great job on the new main. But I have > only had it up a few times. We cruise throughout August. So, I'll have a > better opinion afterwards. > > You will also probably need a new boom vang. Either a fixed vang like we > have or one with a limited range of adjustment. This is due to the fact > that the boom must be at a precise 87 degree angle to the mast to properly > furl the full battens into the boom. > > That said, it is really great for us. I am not sure I would have spent > the money to install it. But now that we have it, I would not hesitate to > do it. My wife and I cruise alone almost exclusively and she doesn't feel > comfortable at the helm. So instead of her having to go up on deck to the > mast and manually cranking the sail up she sits snugly under the dodger and > pushes a button to raise the sail. Reefing is a breeze as well. > > I am getting better at tuning the main, but it is not as versatile as a > topping lift or even a fully adjustable vang. But I am learning that some > tuning is possible by tightening down the furler, using a tweeker on the > boom and using the baby stay. We don;t have them but I am sure that having > adjustable back stays would give even more options. > > Tom B > > > At 09:00 AM 7/5/2016, you wrote: > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:47:09 -0400 > From: John Pennie <j...@svpaws.net> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail cover > Message-ID: <2a31bf35-08b7-4463-ad1d-b6a0e23bc...@svpaws.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Tom: > > Which furling system dud you go with and how do you like it? We?re > considering adding this to the 121. We had a leisure furl system on a > previous boat which we liked very much (bud didn?t care for the > manufacturer). > > John > > > On Jul 4, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > ...snip... > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160705/cd0930a6/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Tom Buscaglia > SV Alera > 1990 C&C 37+/40 > Vashon Island WA > (206) 463-9200 > www.sv-alera.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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