My boat had inmast
furling when I bought her. Replaced the mast after one season. I didn't like the weight of the mast (almost 400 lbs), the depth of the section, and the lack of roach on a battenless sail. The
rig was noisy at
anchor when the wind blew.
Furling or reefing was a bit of a chore when the wind pipped up. Finally,the boat's performance really suffered with this set up.I replaced the
rig with a carbon spar 4 1/2 ft higher (160 lbs) and now have a Selden boom with single
line reefing together with a dutchman. The main is full batten and is on a
Harken batt car system. Reefing
lines and main halyard lead back to the cockpit. This system has worked very well.