HI Alan,
Yes, I do have a CDI on my boat. All my headsails are used on the CDI.
Usually I trailer with the headsail on the CDI. But on the day I took those
pictures, I had taken it off to bring to the sailmaker. If you look
carefully at the pictures, you can see the plastic extrusion and the drum of
the CDI, lying along the mast.
For trailering, I put a shock cord sail tie around the furled jib itself ,
and bungee it to the mast along the whole length. A few feet stick out past
the front of of the boat when the mast is down. I attach one end of a
bungee cord to the drum of the cdi and the other to the roof of my van to
support the part sticking out. If you don't have a high roofed van, you can
lash something (whisker pole?) to the bottom of the mast as an extension.
As for hanked on vs Furled headsail, that's a matter of personal choice.
You make the choice and them pretty much stick with it. If you plan to use
the CDI for one sail, you have to use it for all your sails. You can't
switch back and forth between hanked on vs. furled sails, without the
unacceptable hassle of removing and installing the CDI unit.
Fair breezes,
Judy B
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Dimson-Doyle [mailto:addoyle@mediaone.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:27 AM
To: DrJudyB@pacbell.net; Potter Email List
Subject: Re: [WWP] Check out my new mast raising system
Hi Judy,
Great set-up!! I noticed that you didn't have your roller furler on the
mast. Which brings me to what has been perplexing me for awhile now. Do you
not use a roller furler head sail? There have been some posts in the past
that have led me to believe you have a CDI but other times that you use
hanked on head sails. My reason for asking is that I am contemplating the
purchase of another headsail. Molly has just the standard jib on a roller
furler. I would like more headsail but cannot decide if I should replace
the standard jib with a genoa (adding rails of course) or should I go back
to using hanked on headsails. Would you please enlighten me as to what you
do? Also, how should I transport the CDI? Do I take the sail off the CDI
when travelling? Sorry for all these rather simplistic questions, just
trying to avoid ruining my sails. Thanks. Alan
Alan, P-19, "Molly Fay"
New Englander
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