Who made this roller furler?

[BoatTransporter]

Hi everyone.

Can somebody please identify this roller furler?

Thanks in advance.

[knothead]

Famet

[bdietrich]

Looks like the Schaeffer roller furlers on my 1973 Gulfstar 44, except it seems to have some extra flanges on top.

[travlineasy]

It looks a lot like the one I just gave away. Don't know who the manufacturer is, but for me it didn't work well at all. There was a cable sewn into the sail's luff, a swivel at the top and a swivel at the bottom of the drum. In my case, the swivel at the top frequently bound, thus untwisting the halyard, which was also a cable. It only did this under load, which was when you needed a fouled system like a hole in the head.

Good Luck,

Gary

[PorFin]

Originally Posted by knothead

Famet

BT,

Since you are a new poster, you may not know that Knotty is a professional rigger. He's not one to blow his own horn, but he knows his business inside and out. Given that there's no equivocation in his response, I'd take his response as a definitive answer.