Getting to your question of jammed furler, I've had it jam on me a couple of
times. It was when the wind was pretty strong. Both times the line going to
the drum got lapped over itself and prevented me from furling the sail all
the way. To relieve the problem, I had to loosen the furling line and tug
the jib sheet, releasing the sail until I was past the tangle. Then I could
refurl the sail. I've found that I can minimize the potential for this to
happen by paying out the furling line( the little line that wraps in the
drum) in a controlled manner as I tug on the jib sheet. Sort of like keeping
your thumb on the barrel of the reel when you cast with a Penn bait casting
reel so as to avoid making a birds nest of your line with the slack.
Bruce Magill
Eden, Utah
sailing P19 #913 "Tipsy Gypsea"