Hi Colin,

The system I was thinking of, if at all, is the Platismo 406 with a Genoa made
for purpous and I belive attached via a foil.

Best wishes,

David

--- In CorribeeCoromandel@yahoogroups.com, "sae140" <SAE140@...> wrote:
>
> Just in case anyone thinks the 2 systems are the same, and at the risk of
teaching misc. grandmothers (and g-fathers) to suck eggs, it's really not a good
idea to use a hanked-on roller-furling system (Wykeham-Martin etc) as a reefing
system.
> Roller furling is designed to be an 'all-in' or 'all-out' system, and allowing
the sail to fly in an intermediate setting will undoubtedly cause damage to the
sail as the hanks will eventually chafe holes through the furled sailcloth.
> You may wonder how I know this ...
> Colin
>
>
>
> > From: appleby401@ <appleby@>
> > Subject: [CorribeeCoromandel] Roller furling headsail
> > To: CorribeeCoromandel@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 10:23 PM
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am (if all goes well) going to be a new owner of a Corribee and need to
make a choice of staying with hanked on sails or roller furling. Checking past
messages I have found only opinion on roller furling headsails and that was
under the subject of roller reefing. I understand the benefits of roller furling
but I would be interested to know if the performance is significantly reduced on
a Corribee, particularly how much those with experience of roller furling feel
pointing is reduced. On the other side of the coin I would also be interested to
know if owners feel going on the foredeck to do a sail change in choppy
conditions is an especial problem.
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation,
> >
> > David
> >
>