Roller furler headsail for unstayed masts

[Darrow Neves]

I have recently purchased a 36' Freedom with an unstayed carbon fiber mast. Like all Freedoms, the boat has a hanked on non-overlapping headsail. The sail has a boom foot sewn into the sail and is self-tacking. The question is can this be replaced with a roller furling headsail using the self tacking rigging.Darrow

 

[Tim Stodola]

Freedom

Hi Darrow, welcome to the Doyle Sails Forum.I personally don't know of any freedoms being rigged with a furler in place of the camber spar rig. Even so, if it were to be done, you would be giving up a substantial amount of sail area, and the ability to trim the sail on a reach, with a roller furling configuration utilizing the existing self tacking set up.

 

[Steve Dion]

Check out the Harken site.

Darrow:Check out the Harken site. The setup on your Freedom is a Camber Spar. I have one of these on my Hunter 31 and have considered the exact same thing.There are several ways to rig these up. Some use a boom and track, others use blocks on the toe rail and a block on the jib with a control line and there are some other itterations

 

[Tim Stodola]

RF Configuration

Hi Again Darrow,Please don't hesitate to come and see me at our loft in St. Peteresburg, and we can go over your options. We are located at 3000 Gandy Blvd. , or give me a call (727)471-2040.