[Rhodes22-list] Mainsail Behind Mast Furling

[Joseph Hadzima]

Brad, 

I don't have one, but have seen them, and even spoke to one
guy ... he said it came on his new to him boat, and so far
he liked it, actually he said his wife liked it because she
didn't have fret over anyone goig forward to assist in
droping the main, or using the sail ties.

sorry not much of an endorsement, but it looked pretty
cool.


--- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> 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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HADZ (a.k.a. joe)

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