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Furling jib gear
It is time to replace our jib furling/reefing gear, after years of
patching up a Hood system. This is on a 25 year old 28 footer. The question is, what do we get? Is there much advantage with a tack swivel? Is there much advantage in getting anything more expensive than Plastimo? Comments and recommendations will be welcome. Thanks Ian |
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Re: Furling jib gear
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:31:51 GMT, ian@atsandelldot.codot.uk wrote:
>It is time to replace our jib furling/reefing gear, after years of >patching up a Hood system. This is on a 25 year old 28 footer. > >The question is, what do we get? Is there much advantage with a tack >swivel? Is there much advantage in getting anything more expensive >than Plastimo? I have a 21 years old Sailspar system that I expect to out last me. I guess it depends on your age. -- Martin |
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Re: Furling jib gear
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:44:26 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:31:51 GMT, ian@atsandelldot.codot.uk wrote: > >>It is time to replace our jib furling/reefing gear, after years of >>patching up a Hood system. This is on a 25 year old 28 footer. >> >>The question is, what do we get? Is there much advantage with a tack >>swivel? Is there much advantage in getting anything more expensive >>than Plastimo? > >I have a 21 years old Sailspar system that I expect to out last me. I guess it >depends on your age. I recall that you are an owner and fan of sailspar. At 21 years, I think it has done better than the, probably more expensive, Hood. Both are continuous line but the sailspar actually works, by all accounts. I guess that I am not far behind you and 21 years will prolly see the boat out if not me (although we do have an active dinghy sailor at about 85, and still at the front of the fleet in the right conditions). Ian |
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Re: Furling jib gear
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:52:16 GMT, ian@atsandelldot.codot.uk wrote:
>On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:44:26 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote: > >>On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:31:51 GMT, ian@atsandelldot.codot.uk wrote: >> >>>It is time to replace our jib furling/reefing gear, after years of >>>patching up a Hood system. This is on a 25 year old 28 footer. >>> >>>The question is, what do we get? Is there much advantage with a tack >>>swivel? Is there much advantage in getting anything more expensive >>>than Plastimo? >> >>I have a 21 years old Sailspar system that I expect to out last me. I guess it >>depends on your age. > >I recall that you are an owner and fan of sailspar. At 21 years, I >think it has done better than the, probably more expensive, Hood. At the time I bought it was the cheapest available and I think Hood's was the most expensive. In the meantime Sailspar has caught up with if not overtaken Hood prices. >Both >are continuous line but the sailspar actually works, by all accounts. > >I guess that I am not far behind you and 21 years will prolly see the >boat out if not me (although we do have an active dinghy sailor at >about 85, and still at the front of the fleet in the right >conditions). In our harbour there was a guy of 75, who sailed his Centaur single handed most days. Last year he bought new sails etc., but didn't reappear after the winter. -- Martin |
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Re: Furling jib gear
On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:11:13 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:52:16 GMT, ian@atsandelldot.codot.uk wrote: >>I guess that I am not far behind you and 21 years will prolly see the >>boat out if not me (although we do have an active dinghy sailor at >>about 85, and still at the front of the fleet in the right >>conditions). > >In our harbour there was a guy of 75, who sailed his Centaur single handed most >days. Last year he bought new sails etc., but didn't reappear after the winter. That's a shame. Hopefully, he did the Arc and is still out in the Caribbean. That's what he got the new sails for. Ian |
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Re: Furling jib gear
Bought a Furlex last year for my 34 ft Dehler, having looked at all the
options. Excellent build quality and reliable. Crusader were able to offer a wide range of RR systems from cheaper than Plastimo to much more expensive than Furlex. In the end I bought a new sail and Furlex from Kemp Sails as a winter package. Only comment I would have is that the reefing line supplied is quite a small diameter and you need to think how it can be controlled in a blow. Will it hold in the jam cleat or hold in the jaws of the self tailer. Regards Bob <ian@atsandelldot.codot.uk> wrote in message news:tfg3e3ltifnk8v56181ho513572fbs4ik1@4ax.com... > It is time to replace our jib furling/reefing gear, after years of > patching up a Hood system. This is on a 25 year old 28 footer. > > The question is, what do we get? Is there much advantage with a tack > swivel? Is there much advantage in getting anything more expensive > than Plastimo? > > Comments and recommendations will be welcome. > > Thanks > > Ian |
