In-mast furling main triming..

[Alex]

I know about triming a regular mainsail. What can be done in this matterwith a in-mast furling main ( and a vertical battens one) to adjust it to varioussituation (probably less..) , and to make the most of this relatively flat sail?

 

[Frank Ladd]

You can still do a lot

On some systems you can still adjust the halyard tension. You can still adjust the outhaul, the vang, the mainsheet, and the traveler just like on a regular sail with most of these systems. I'd say these work very much like a standard sail, especially when they are compared to the in boom furling sails that often need a fix vang/boom angle to work properly. Also the roller boom furling makes adjusting outhaul a pain too.

 

[Tim Stodola]

RF Main

Hi Alex, welcome to the Doyle Sails Forum.I concur with Frank, most of the controls you have on a standard main are still available on you RF Main to control, camber, twist, flattening, outhaul tension, etc...

 

[Larry W.]

furl the main

Alex; My roller furled main has all the standard controls. The only thing I do differently is in light air I ease the outhaul a bit.

 

[Les Blackwell]

There is one control that I found useful

I have a Hunter 380 with furling main and jib. It took me awhile to get use to a loose footed main and now prefer it. I have found the furling lines to also be a sail control that many people overlook.When sailing and the wind begins to pick up, keep the outhaul tight or tighen it first. Then flatten your main with the furling line by bring in the sail. The neat thing about this is that it flattens the entire main which is what you want to do before reefing.