Can't answer all you questions but you need to go for the roller bearing in your CDI furler. When I bought my C30 the CDI came without it and on the sea trial had a real tough time furling the genny in only about 20 knots. Was a real bear. Had to winch it in. Called CDI and they sent me roller bearing for about $ 100.00. . That was about six years ago. If you don't have the roller bearing the furler rotates on a hockey puck type thing which has a lot of resistance. The luff of your genny should have a rope covered "tape" so it will slide up the slot in the furler. CDI can tell you how to measure to get proper luff length. Look them up on internet under Cruising Designs Inc. Clyde Thorington ex C27 now C30 San Jose, CA
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, John Guttridge <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Guttridge <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] headsails again To: [email protected] Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 5:44 PM 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: j...@blackboxcc. com www.blackboxcc. com "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" -Albert Einstein
