RE: [Cal_Boats] Digest Number 85

I'm happy to shill for former Cal List guru, Brian Cleverly. He sells the ReefRite roller-furling system, and we put one on Pentaquod when we lost our mast a few years back. (I'll say it again; I urge anyone with barrel turnbuckles to replace them summarily. One of ours had crevice corrosion three-quarters of the way around which went undetected even when inspected by a professional rigger.) We installed it ourselves, and I actually had a hand in helping with the installation manual that Brian created for it, so I'm pretty familiar with it. Here's a link to Brian's page: http://www.anzam.com/rr_index_001.htm The Reef Rite has a number of features that make it attractive. Competitive pricing is a big one. It also supports the use of "Kiwi Slides" which are slugs that replace the hanks on your existing sails, so you don't need to add a luff tape. We have them on one of our sails, and I am very happy with the ease of use. If your sails already have a luff tape, then it's a matter of getting the right-sized foil for the tape. The Reef Rite comes with different-sized foils, so I expect that you can get a match. The big selling point for me on the Reef Rite is that it's built like a tank. This includes a "locking pawl", which means that there's a pin that locks the drum to keep it from unwinding. When you want to roll up the sail - either partially or all the way - you just pull on the furling line. When the sail is where you want it, just stop pulling on the furling line, and the sail stays there. There's no strain on the furling line, and no need to cleat it down. The only time you have to release the pin is when you want to pull out more sail. It's much easier to use and more rugged than the unit we had before. Alfred Poor 1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod" Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:41:35 -0000 From: "jeribelle2000" <gi… [at] hotmail.com> Subject: furling question - existing sails with luff tape instead of hank-on I'm not sure if I have the terminology correct, so please bear with me. We are starting to look into roller furling, and wonder if it's possible to use our sails as-is. The previous owner had a pretty nice sail inventory for cruising and racing, and had a foil for his jibs, etc. So the sails have luff tape (?) on them instead of being hanked on. Does anybody make furlers that can use these sails without further modification? Thanks. Girlsaylor

Thank you! I'll share the info with Denny. --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Alfred Poor" <apoor@b...> wrote: > > I'm happy to shill for former Cal List guru, Brian Cleverly. He sells the > ReefRite roller-furling system, and we put one on Pentaquod when we lost our > mast a few years back. (I'll say it again; I urge anyone with barrel > turnbuckles to replace them summarily. One of ours had crevice corrosion > three-quarters of the way around which went undetected even when inspected > by a professional rigger.) We installed it ourselves, and I actually had a > hand in helping with the installation manual that Brian created for it, so > I'm pretty familiar with it. > > Here's a link to Brian's page: http://www.anzam.com/rr_index_001.htm > > The Reef Rite has a number of features that make it attractive. Competitive > pricing is a big one. It also supports the use of "Kiwi Slides" which are > slugs that replace the hanks on your existing sails, so you don't need to > add a luff tape. We have them on one of our sails, and I am very happy with > the ease of use. > > If your sails already have a luff tape, then it's a matter of getting the > right-sized foil for the tape. The Reef Rite comes with different- sized > foils, so I expect that you can get a match. > > The big selling point for me on the Reef Rite is that it's built like a > tank. This includes a "locking pawl", which means that there's a pin that > locks the drum to keep it from unwinding. When you want to roll up the sail > - either partially or all the way - you just pull on the furling line. When > the sail is where you want it, just stop pulling on the furling line, and > the sail stays there. There's no strain on the furling line, and no need to > cleat it down. The only time you have to release the pin is when you want to > pull out more sail. It's much easier to use and more rugged than the unit we > had before. > > Alfred Poor > 1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:41:35 -0000 > From: "jeribelle2000" <girlsaylor@h...> > Subject: furling question - existing sails with luff tape instead of hank-on > > I'm not sure if I have the terminology correct, so please bear with me. > We are starting to look into roller furling, and wonder if it's > possible to use our sails as-is. The previous owner had a pretty nice > sail inventory for cruising and racing, and had a foil for his jibs, > etc. So the sails have luff tape (?) on them instead of being hanked > on. Does anybody make furlers that can use these sails without further > modification? > > Thanks. > > Girlsaylor >