A Shaffer system came on our new boat as well. I have to say I really like it. We've been playing around with it trying to get used to it and get it adjusted to the right angle to take the sale in properly. They claim the sail can furl at any point of sail but, I found that not to be the case. You still have to go head to wind and take the pressure off the sail and it'll go down nicely. I found Tom's comments to be the same on mine that the boom furler is just capable of handling the mai sail within the housing. its very tight at the end. I also had to have a smaller furling line made up because it got real tight up on the furler. Although, they did make a good main sail for the furler. when I brought it in for service Steve Thurston said it was a very nice sail and built properly. Boom furling was something I always dreamed of having. However, I never thought I would ever pay that price. Now I don't have too! When this thing is dialed in and you push a button and the main sail comes down its amazing! I have also found Shaffer customer service to be very good on a product I didn't even buy for myself. Danny
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message --------From: Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 7/5/16 12:53 PM (GMT-05:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Tom Buscaglia <t...@sv-alera.com> Subject: Stus-List Was Sail Cover, now In Boom Furling 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
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