I am about to close on the purchase of an Oday 28. Going over the boat with the owner, he proudly produced a Shaefer roller furler (not a roller reefer...reefer has an extrusion that goes over the forestay) with a 150 Genoa attached and a stay sewn into the luff of the sail (this is a Neil Pryde manufacture...not a bubba-special). According to the owner, the shackle at the top is "hanked on" (see photo) to the forestay and raised by the jib halyard, while the drum is attached to the forward deck chainplate just aft of the forestay's attachment point. Here's the issue. About two years ago, he had this roller furler hoisted when the jib halyard broke. He had a coastal FL yard put a new one on. It seems to be cheap 5/16" line which is now coming apart after only one season. My real question is "does anybody else have a setup like I've described"? In order to maintain proper sail shape, the stay built into the sail would have to be pretty tight, as most jib/genoas have a tight luff when hanked-on to forestay. I feel pretty sure a 3/8" Sta-Set-X halyard would do the job, but then it would seem the forestay would slacken some as the stay built into the genoa sail would be carrying more of the load. That's got to be really hard on the mast-mounted winch and cleat. If you have a set up like this, please advise. Thanks for any information shared.