What kind of furling mechanism is it?? I've never heard of one that doesn't have a halyard of some sort. Even the ancient one I saw on the Laguna 30 I helped recommission last September had a halyard, but it was wire and ran along the foil.
They weren't suggesting that you sail the boat in circles to take pressure off the sail but to use it to furl the sail around the foil. That would just require you to detach the genny sheets and then sail the boat in circles slowly, and let the sail wrap the foil, much like a spinnaker can wrap the headstay.
Then use a small line to tie the now furled genny in the furled position.
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