Re: jib furling
Kent Crispin (kent@songbird.com)
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:03:11 -0700
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 09:20:15PM -0400, SolarFry@aol.com wrote:
[...]
>In Defender catalog there is a jub furler that can be used with a Lapper sail
>for about 90 bucks including top fitting and bottom drum. It requires a
>regular rope or cable luff sail. It replaces the forestay with the jib
>rope/wire luff sail and furler equipment. This is an all or nothing type
>furler. Which in essence is how all of us use the more expensive CDI unit
>anyway.
I'm not much of a sailor, but I use it as a furler all the time. I
sail on the SF Bay, and the winds can change from a chaotic 5 knots
to a howling 25 knots in a thousand yards, and it is *really*
convenient to be able to roll up the lapper to a more managable
size...
--
Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain