I am helping a friend with a 28 foot sailboat to install a roller furling on the headsail. My question is, on my boat i have like a track system on the front stay, were the jib goes inside, is this system mandatory or there is another way to do it ?
roller furling question
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What brand and model of furler is your friend installing on his boat?
Most furlers for boats of 28’ LOA have a rigid foil that goes over the forestay. This type of furler allows the user to reef the headsail by rolling it up partially. The foil has a groove for hoisting the headsail.
There are a few furlers available that don’t have a foil with a groove, but they are less common. These types do not permit the user to reef the headsail by rolling it up partially.
For example
[on edit: furlers without a foil do NOT permit the user to reef the headsail by rolling it up partially]
Most furlers for boats of 28’ LOA have a rigid foil that goes over the forestay. This type of furler allows the user to reef the headsail by rolling it up partially. The foil has a groove for hoisting the headsail.
There are a few furlers available that don’t have a foil with a groove, but they are less common. These types do not permit the user to reef the headsail by rolling it up partially.
For example
[on edit: furlers without a foil do NOT permit the user to reef the headsail by rolling it up partially]
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The double line Hood furler on our boat has a metal sleeve tube with a slot that runs the length of the headstay. The top has a swivel for the sail head clew attachment. The bottom or base has a drum with a tack clew attachment. The sail luff has a bolt rope that slides into the slot length of the metal tube sleeve. The line through the drum allows the trimmer to role in or out the head sail (genoa/jib). The web has lots of topics on this. It would be worth searching on this topic with lots of articles.