RE: roller furling
Rick Snide (Rick@RevolutionSoftware.com)
Tue, 11 May 1999 14:31:18 -0400
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Jim, I have the CDI roller furling on my P19 and I wouldn't be without it.
The rigging is really very easy - The top stays attached to the mast, and
the bottom (at the furler) attaches with a pin to the bow - very easy.
After you raise and pin the mast, you pin the furler at the bow. You then
attach the jib or Genoa by first unwinding just enough line to reach the
cockpit, then hauling the genny up by sliding it into the groove on the
furler and tying off that halyard. Then you furl the genny by pulling the
line that you ran to the cockpit and tying that off to a cleat near the
cockpit. Then you run the jib sheets to their respective cleats in the
cockpit. When you are ready to let the genny fly, uncleat the line that you
ran back to the cockpit and unfurl the genny by pulling the jib sheet on the
side you want it to fly. Works great.
My one and only complaint is that you can't point quite as high into the
wind with the furler as you can with a forestay and tradition jib rig
because of the way the furler gives a little and allows the sail shape to be
less than perfect.
Rick Snide
P19 #914 Girl Crazy