Curtis, Yes!
Putting a furler on my MacGregor 26C made the differance between using the boat and not. That and keeping it in a slip. If there is something that will enable you to enjoy and use the boat more, then it is worth it. I never completely got the 26C to the point where I could single hand it but the furler got me a lot closer. For that boat (33 foot fractional rig) a ball of sail through the forward hatch wasn't to big of a deal but with my 37+ (50 foot masthead rig) I don't even want to think about having to deal with that much sail and then double or triple that depending on the number of sail changes. Heaven forbid if you have to change back to one of those balled up ones down below....maybe by yourself....on second thought maybe not. And they might be soaking wet. I crew on a race boat so i have lots of expierience with a tuff-luff system and sail changes. I probably would not install a furler if I was planning to race exclusively. Sail changes and handling are fine when you have the crew to do it I was very happy with my Furlex 200 by Selden mast company. I was able to assemble it completely by myself. $1200. Very well engineered features. The new sail was a 150 and cost about $1200. I should have gone smaller though. I think a 135 would have been a better, more multipurpose size. I think the Harken on the 37+ is OEM 25yrs old and works without a hitch and very little maintenence. Good luck, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Apr 25, 2014 1:29 PM, "Curtis" <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > if anybody has been reading my post in the last 2 years you know that I'm > green at big boat sailing. I have learned how to sail the C&C30 MK1 using > all hank on sails. that's a: > 115% > 135% > 155% > and a 170% > We just got back from a bare boat charter in the BVI. I sailed 7 days on a > Jeanneau 36i with a roller. Man what a dream that roller furling system > was. How much trouble will it be to convert my boat? Could I use one of the > head sails to convert or do I have to buy a new sail? Will all my head > sails become un-usable at that point? It may not be worth the money or the > wast of the old sails? Please comment on this if you k now cost of a > conversion or advice in this process. > Thanks so much for your help. > Curt, > > . > > C&C30 MK-1 > HIN # 675 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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