[C320-list] continuous line furlers

[Kirk McCullough]

My dock neighbor has a continuous line unit on his Crown 28. I have sailed 
with him; I found it simple to use. The rigging is a little more involved 
with twice the number of blocks etc.

I had a problem last year with my Hood furler, broke the swivel at the mast 
head. The parts were cheap and still available so i just replace the parts 
and it works fine again.

Kirk
#124
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Stanley" <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:06 PM
Subject: [C320-list] continuous line furlers


>
> Hi Warren
> in the discussion re "Roller Furler" you asked about "continuous line
> furlers" ... my experience is that they work and they have the added
> advantage of being always tidy.
> We had a Hood one for 17 years.
> I understand they were developed for the Caribbean Charter Operators. The
> feature they like is that the Line can never fall over the side and get
> wrapped around the Prop.
>
> Bruce Stanley #1084
> Sydney Australia
> ==============================
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:09 AM, warren updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Good and timely topic. The drum on the Hood furler is so small that a
>> reasonably sized control line has to be cored to get it to fit. What a 
>> lousy
>> compromise. I manage to live with it and won't replace unless it's broke.
>>  However, does anyone have experience with the continuous line furlers? 
>> What
>> are the pluses and minuses?  How is the lazy part of the line usually 
>> lead?
>>
>> Warren & Pattie Updike
>> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
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