[Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa

[Stephen Staum]

I love the original General Boats furling system.  It is elegantly simple. 
I did lose one forestay due to lack of adequate tension (my fault).  But in 
9 years the genoa has always opened and furled every time.  My buddy has a 
newer system (CDI?) on his Catalina 25 and it is always an adventure - 
sometimes the jib won't open and sometimes it won't furl.

I am from the kiss school. Keep it simple - sail more - fix less.  I do all 
my own work but I would rather be sailing.

Just one man's opinion.

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham, MA

-----Original Message----- 
From: thewill311
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:56 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa

So I talked to the owner of the rigging company that's going to replace
head/forestay and he was telling me that the reason my rigging broke is
because 175% genoa was to much for my rigging to handle and that the roller
furling was a Stone Age technology and I should chuck it over board. He is
the third rigger that has told me this since I have been calling about
fixing my boat. I'm pretty new to sailing so I'm not sure what to tell these
guys when they put down the original set up on my boat. Every part on my
boats rigging mast and sails are original to the 1987 Rhodes 22. Should I go
with different set up for the genoa?



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