Instead of a forestay I have this. It appears to be a furling foil but there is no drum etc.. Any idea what this is??
Anyone have any idea what these are??
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Instead of a forestay I have this. It appears to be a furling foil but there is no drum etc.. Any idea what this is??
The forestay is inside the foil.
I think it would be unusual for a C-22 to have a foil for the jib, but there is no accounting for what PO's think or do. It does not appear to be a furler. Racing sailors often use foils on the head stay instead of hanked on sails. This may be a foil for that purpose.
I think it would be unusual for a C-22 to have a foil for the jib, but there is no accounting for what PO's think or do. It does not appear to be a furler. Racing sailors often use foils on the head stay instead of hanked on sails. This may be a foil for that purpose.
It gives you the ability to use a sail without hanks (one that has luff tape designed for use in a furler.)
More sails are designed and built for furler’s than with hanks. This would apply especially for the high end sails.
Racing headstay foils normally have 2 slots to make sail changes more efficient.
If you do a little research.... try "headsail foils for sailboats"... you will find products, illustrations and instructional articles. The foil encases the forestay, you can easily detect the connections in the pics. The sail's "tape" is inserted into the guide, near the base, and hoisted with the halyard. The advantage of the foil setup is better aerodynamics. Twin slots or grooves in the foil allow the crew to hoist a replacement sail before dousing the existing one... which means the boat always has power during the sail change.
Mostly on a 22 foot boat the foil makes it harder to set and douse the sail and increases the chance that the sail will go overboard over a hanked on foresail. You may get a better selection of used headsails to use (but you can put hanks on any sail). I've raised my foil retained jib on the 356 by myself but it was a PITA. I wouldn't want to do it for every daysail. Without a furler I would lose the foil.