Roller Furl

stevebirch2002 · Jan 11, 2003

Hi

In the UK most Vegas use the Rotostay model but I do not know if it is available in the USA. The price is about £600. A good bi-radial furling genoa costs about £500 but I don not have the actual sizes to hand. If you want I will find out for you.

Kind Reagrds

Steve Birch Vega "Southern Comfort" V1703

vega272002 · Jan 12, 2003

Jim, installed a Hood RF on my Vega myself and had Hood make a 135 Genoa. Working great for 5 yrs. About 1600$. Jim

vega272002 · Jan 12, 2003

Jim, installed a Hood RF on my Vega myself and had Hood make a 135 Genoa. Working great for 5 yrs. About 1600$. Jim

hheiduck · Jan 17, 2003

Last spring I installed a" Furlex 100 S" with a new Genoa. Not hard, and it's
an oustanding system. Looks great and works better. I bought it from
Performance Yachts via their web site. They're easy to deal with (bought two
Harken winches from them as well), and they had the best price by far.

Hans Heiduck, "Flicka"

stevebirch2002 · Jan 17, 2003

Hi Hans

I agree that the Furlex 100S is a great furling gear and it would be the one I would fit by choice, if I could afford it!

Steve Birch

papasbackhoeinc · Jan 19, 2003

Dear Hans,

Its probably a superfluous remark. I installed a Furlex 100 S on my Vega,
but I did not purchase a new sail.
My genoa sail was converted for the Furlex. That's a lot cheaper.

Regards,

Henk jansen
V 1682

chris20636 · Jan 19, 2003

Henk (and others)
Your comment to Hans is not superfluous at all.

As I have said: I have installed "FURLEX" Roller Furling on two Vegas over
the past several years, with wonderful results in both cases. I have had no
experience with other furling systems but, given the results I have had with
my Furlex systems, I can certainly highly recommend them.
One word of caution: If you know you are going to instal a gib-furling
system (again, referring to my own experience with FURLEX), be sure to
measure CAREFULLY AND EXACTLY the length of your forestay when you unstep
your mast, before making any adjustments to any turnbuckles on your forestay.
This is very important in determining the length of the forestay since you
must use this measurement in installing the new furling system. So, if you
must loosen a STAY in order to unstep the mast, be sure to do it with the
BACKSTAY rather than the FORESTAY! !
Good Luck..................................Ed

albinvega27 · Jan 20, 2003

Hans,

What was the total cost for the Furlex 100 S, including install ?

Vega #2140, Annapolis, MD
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hheiduck · Jan 24, 2003

Hi Henk,

Thats true, it would have been cheaper, but I needed a new sail anyway, and
had a 135 made.

Hans

hheiduck · Jan 24, 2003

I totally agree, I also only loosened the backstay to get an exact
measurement.

Hans