My '83 Hunter 34 purchased last month has the original Hyde roller furl. The bearings are shot, and the upper swivel is seized (the yard has tried to free it up with lubrication to no avail). The next step would be to have them replace the bearings (about $700.00 in parts alone), and also deal with what is found with the upper swivel once they bring the rig down to work on it. Then of course there's labor cost. The question... given Murphy's law, I'm inclined to bite the bullet and retire this 17 year old system and install a new one. I'm looking for opinions on whether to repair or replace. If replace, what are the opinions on replacement systems - I've never had a roller furl before, so this is virgin ground for me, but I'm definately not up for hanking and hauling and changing and bagging, and bag dragging any more. Thanks in advance for your input. Dave.