John, I've only had a CDI FF2 for 3 years now, in the first year year I was stepping the mast a lot doing some true trailer sailing & day trips as opposed to being in a Marina Slip. I kept the jib furled on the furler when trailering during the season, only taking it off when the boat was put away for the winter. In doing so I never found the CDI to add much if any time to the set up, it's flexible but tough construction makes it pretty seamless to use when stepping and un-stepping the mast. In the limited time I have had the CDI (relative to others on this email group), I have had a very good experience with it. It's been totally reliable and has never jammed or fouled on me irrespective of sailing conditions. Keith *Keith R. Martin, P.Eng.* *Burnaby, B.C. Canada* *Serenity, M17 #353* On 17 August 2017 at 15:50, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
I have been pondering this myself, since at least two of my headsails are probably ancient, I single-hand a lot, and my passengers are seldom capable crew in that regard (e.g. they're not gonna just go change the headsail for me without major hand-holding).
And, three new sails would be about 1/3 more $$$ than one sail and a reefer/furler. There is the windage penalty with the furler, plus a bit more to do when rigging up and down, to consider.
Several folks here have used and recommended the CDI FF2 furler in past posts.
I was just reading up on it and it seems to be a well thought out design, especially for trailer sailors.
I wouldn't mess with the headsail/forestay attachment geometry, myself; no way do I know enough about that stuff.
Different sail sizes will have different clew heights of course. My 80% is higher clew than the bigger sails. Working jib is probably a wee bit higher than genoa.
Jerry can no doubt speak to this topic from vast experience.
cheers, John S.
On 08/17/2017 03:39 PM, Tyler Heerwagen via montgomery_boats wrote:
Headsail is dying, coming apart, forestay is bent and kinked.Thinking about getting a new headsail, ideally furling, maybe suited for single-handing, since that is my normal mode.Has anyone tried a headsail with a shorter J and or LP dimension, including maybe a higher Clew?Any recommendations?Thanks,Tyler H.M17 Seranita1977 #232
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