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What about in-boom furlers?
I know this question was raised in the other thread, but I was hoping to move it to its own thread.
I am interested in a furling main someday because of how great it was to get a furling headsail. I am primarily interested in the in boom furling if I were to get it at all. Right now I use the fingers and knees flaking system to get my sail to stay on the boom until I can tie it down. My boom vang would have to be replaced with a solid one and if I were to do it, it would be when I replaced the main sail in a few years.
Does a boom furling sail give up as much performance as an in mast? I know you can have full battens in it, but are they as prone to jam? Do they have the creep issue like an in mast system?
I see a lot of newer boats in my area with in mast furling and a number of older ones now sporting behind the mast furling. Neither of those types have appealed to me, but the idea of rolling up the sail by pulling in one line does appeal to me.
75% of my sailing is up wind in light 5-10 knots conditions, the rest is on the beam and if it is ever behind the beam, I check my pulse to see if I accidently died and didn''t notice.
Ken
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