[Jeff_H]

I look at in mast furling mainsails as a deal buster. Beyond the obvious performance zapping aspects, my real problem is with the shortened sail lifespan, the poor sail shape in heavy air when sail shape becomes a safety issue, and the high likelihood of a jamb at an inoppoprtune moment. A delivery skipper friend refuses to do an offshore delivery of any boat with inmast furling after having several hiho jambs in heavier going. Have you already gone to survey and how did they handle the sail trial issue? I would keep looking for another boat because changing an in-mast furler to a conventional mainsail is extremely expensive.

Jeff