Really would be better off asking in your own thread, rather than hijacking this one. Just curious as to why you would do this, as a 550 system is a furling only wire luff furler unit... doesn't allow you to reef so adds complexity with little real benefit IMHO. Works fine if you're talking a light air sail like a screacher...but doesn't make much sense for a genny or jib
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Originally Posted by weephee
I have a 27 foot Columbia and I'm looking at leaving my forestay as is for hanking a jib sail if I want to and adding a Schaefer 550 System furler which uses a cable or removeable 2nd forestay. Is this an OK idea or am I wasting my money on this.
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