Furling system recommendation...

[Bruce Z]

Hi there,

I'm finally investing in a furling system for Altair's head sail. What are common ones installed on Nic 31s -- any that I should stay away from?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--Bruce, Altair, CN31-6

[SailingCirce]

Hi Bruce,

I have a Profurl on Circe and it has been really great. Most of our sailing since adding the Profurl has been in fresh to strong tradewinds. It has worked flawlessly every time. We often reef and unreef the headsail as conditions change or we need to speed up or slow down. We just finished rigging the spinnaker pole to use on some downwind legs as we sail back to the USA from the Caribbean. It will be nice to have the pole in a set postion and just roll up the jib if the wind pipes up without having to go forward. The harsh Caribbean climate also has not seemed to have any ill effect on the furler. I installed the next size larger than the one recommended for our boat length in 2001. I ended up with an extra foil section but the benefit was a bigger drum for the furling line .

Harrison
S/V Circe