Yes! You should still need it. In fact, you still need to adjust halyard tension as well. Giving up tweaking the sails means the same thing with or without a furler. It's just a little harder to read because of the foil. It's like a full batten mainsail in that regard, it still needs shaping to perform but it's harder to read.
You didn't mention what style of back stay adjuster you have. I think you'd have to be over 10 feet tall to have an issue walking through the backstay adjuster on Wing Tip. http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm The photo is at a bad angle to show off the 16:1 cascade backstay adjuster but you can see the clear access. The upper 2 blocks are up out of the photo and the one that is showing looks like it is going to the boom somehow. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Scott Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Backstay adjuster?? This past weekend, I finally completed the installation of my new Harken roller furler. Since the shape of the headsail is now pretty much controlled by the foil, is it necessary to have a backstay adjuster anymore? I would sure like to be able to have easier access to the stern ladder. Also, I can't see much benefit now to loosening the tension on a downwind run, and I worry that it might cause problems if I forget to snug it back up before trying to furl the sail. Lee Scott '87 C-27 #6350 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
