It looks like the last thing that I really need to get in the water is a headsail. I posted a little while back about headsails and got some valuable information but I am still a little lost. I am trying to buy something like a 155 roller furler for my '72 tall rig. My local sailing shop is recommending the CDI flexible furler which he has offered me for $829 without ball bearings or $970 with, is that a good price? Do I need the ball bearings? He says that a new 155 for it would be something like $1200. I was hoping to spend a little less than that (then I would have more money in sails than in the boat itself!) so I am looking at sails on baconsails.com. It isn't clear to me from the descriptions what I need to go with that roller furler. When they say "covered rope luff" does that mean that it is taped for the slot in the furler?
Their chart claims that I have a 36' luff, if I run the furler does that mean that I need to run a sail with a shorter luff to account for the length of the furler? If I just measure my headstay will that give me the size that I need or does it change under load? Hopefully you all can excuse my ignorance, I have lots of sailing experience but 0 boat owning experience. Thanks! John Guttridge President and Senior Consultant Black Box Computer Consulting 306 East State Street, Suite 230 Ithaca, NY 14850 Office: 607.277.8585 Mobile: 607.227.6884 eMail: [email protected] www.blackboxcc.com "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" -Albert Einstein
