Just a quick note. I am about to finish up my home made roller furling. When I get done, I will take some pictures and post.
I had made one similar to the recent post, and it worked pretty good. I was not able to get the tension on the luff I wanted, and I did not like the fact that I could not take the sail off if I wanted.
I am on plan "C" now, Plan "A" never got off the drawing board and plan "B" broke before I could get it on . . . I knew it would not work before I even tried. The new version is VERY strong, yet flexible and will have about a 3:1 advantage on the furler sheet. You will be able to take the sail off and tighten luff tension even with it partially reefed. It is self contained in the fact that the jib sheet resides on the furling and rolls with it.
Total cost (not counting pan "A" and "B" will only be about $60 and that includes the hardware . . but not the jib sheet.
Back soon with pictures,
Jerry
I had made one similar to the recent post, and it worked pretty good. I was not able to get the tension on the luff I wanted, and I did not like the fact that I could not take the sail off if I wanted.
I am on plan "C" now, Plan "A" never got off the drawing board and plan "B" broke before I could get it on . . . I knew it would not work before I even tried. The new version is VERY strong, yet flexible and will have about a 3:1 advantage on the furler sheet. You will be able to take the sail off and tighten luff tension even with it partially reefed. It is self contained in the fact that the jib sheet resides on the furling and rolls with it.
Total cost (not counting pan "A" and "B" will only be about $60 and that includes the hardware . . but not the jib sheet.
Back soon with pictures,
Jerry