Can you Reef with CDI Furler?
Can you Reef with CDI Furler?
The Flexible Furler can be used to both furl and reef your sail in any wind condition. CDI has eliminated expensive features only hard-core racers demand, thereby increasing the system’s reliability while lowering the cost.
What is a flexible Furler?
The Flexible Furler is designed to fit over your existing forestay and can be used to both reef and furl your sail in any wind condition. Typically, the only requirement to use one of our systems is a #6 luff tape installed in the luff of your jib sail.
How do you install a jib furler?
Attach the furling drum to the attachment point and then attach the jib tack to the top plate on the furling drum, attach the head of the sail into the top swivel forks and then attach the halyard to the top swivel with a shackle. Hoist the sail and tension the luff.
How does jib furler work?
In this roller furling system, the jib is hoisted in a groove, but when not in use is furled around the headstay, rather than lowered. To furl the sail you simply pull on a line that leads from a drum at the base of the jib aft to a winch near the cockpit, which rotates the whole headstay, rolling up the jib.
How do you reef a genoa?
To reef the sail, first ease the sheet to reduce the load on it, and then pull in the furling line. Make sure you keep some tension on the sheet while the sail is being furled. You should be able to reef a furling genoa on a 40-footer by hand – be very careful if you are using a winch.
What is luff tape?
Luff Tape Conversions Modern reefing/furling units are very efficient and convenient additions for sail use. Most units require the sail to have a continuous support tape along the leading edge to slide into a groove in the furler.
What is a lazy jack system for sailing?
Lazy jacks are networks of lines that are rigged along each side of the mainsail from multiple points on the boom or a stack pack to a point on the mast just above the spreaders, at about 60% the mast’s height. Their purpose is to hold the mainsail on top of the boom when it is lowered.
How does a genoa furler work?
Can you reef a furling jib?
