Help!!! Roller Furler

[ewoden1]

Jib sock

Concern that constnt tension will damage halyard or that halyard is in a condition now not up to the task?

If the former, I have a roller furling right now. No issue with halyard being damaged by that from my experience. One can always leave it rigged but with eased tension I suppose.

If the later is the case, well maybe redo the running rigging. Our boats are, to be frank, not much in the way of high performance and so I went with double braid Dacron polyester from an industrial supply source in PNW. I got something like 300 feet of 3/8" in my choice of color for 159 bucks. I did my sheets and halyards with same and it has been great. I do not experience any detrimental characteristics for this rope. I can't say I wouldn't if I were competing, but that's not likely to happen with my high in the water 8.0 C.

 

[BobM]

Ha ha my bad. In my illl spent youth I had a '72 Maverick with a swapped in 351 shoehorned in between torched shock towers. It was , um, squirrelly.

My friend has a 72 Comet drag car he runs in NH with a built 302.

 

[BobM]

Keep in mind that furling and reefing are two different objectives. Some set ups can't be used for reefing.

 

[Jackdaw]

There is nothing wrong with keeping a halyard under constant load on a furler. This happens on all furlers, with or without a foil.

Do you have a dual toggle under the drum? That need to be able to flex (p/s, f/a) without distorting anything. important.

Your system seems OK at first glance. But you say you are cautious, and you sail with your young family. I would have that vetted by a pro rigger before I headed out into any chance of bad weather.