[Rhodes22-list] Mainsail Behind Mast Furling

[Brad Haslett]

Bud,

I've looked at all the photos on their site and the pdf owners manual.  Ask
him how he likes it, what problems he's had, how much he paid and who he
bought it from.  Also, how difficult was it to install?  This looks
promising.

Brad

On 5/17/07, Bud Connor <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>    I rent dock space from a guy who has a 39' Nicholson that has a CDI
> behind the mast roller furler.
> I can take some pictures of it when I get over to my boat this weekend.
> Any specific pics you want?
>
> -Bud
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>
> >I've been wanting to add boom furling or in-mast mainsail furling to my
> 30'
> >S2 ever since I bought it (I know, I know, should have kept the R-22) but
> >wasn't willing to spend 20-30% of the cost of the boat to do it.  This
> >morning, I stumbled across Somerset Sails offering a behind-the-mast
> >mainsail furler by CDI on e-Bay for less than $2700 including a new sail.
> >Since I don't race the loss of battens and performance is not an
> issue.  My
> >mainsail is pretty tired anyway and the cheapest cost for replacement is
> >around a thousand bucks.  This option looks attractive.  Do any of you
> have
> >any experience with behind-mast furling systems in general or have marina
> >neighbors who do, specifically the CDI furler?  This apparently is a
> recent
> >development by CDI.
> >
> >Brad
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