furling mainsail

My H33 with in-mast furling seems to be malfunctioning. Over the winter I took my mainsail in for repair and the shop mentioned significant creasing near the head of the sail. I’ve been having problems with tearing along the leech and assumed it was due to age, but the creasing seems to...

The main sail furler on my Benetau 461 (2000) is causing me lots of problems. On some videos I have seen people unfurling their main by just releasing the furler line and perhaps a bit of wind - I have to use a winch and still get stuck when just a third of the main is out. Even my winch cannot...

Our 2004 Hunter 41 came equipped with a solid Vang that is as compressed as far as possible so that the boom cannot be lowered any further. I expect this is due to the fact that the boom has to clear the fixed stainless arch. And the mast-end gooseneck has to be in its current position due to...

I would like to shorten my mast on my Hunter 33. The mast has the furling mainsail system. Has anyone shortened one of these mast? Where did you get it done? Did it work out ok?

US Spars (Z-Spar) mast with Neil Pryde furling mainsail on 2002 B473. The plastic along edge of slot for furling mainsail has worn, cracked and popped off in places. We have removed the old/worn groove guard. Do I need to replace the plastic along the edges of the slot for the furling main...