I have a CDI furler on my M-15 and instead on going the beaded loop route, I hoist the drifter on the original jib halyard.  That arrangement works ok on the fractional rigged M-15.  I'm not sure how it would work on your M-17.

Don Haas
M15 #248
Dream Catcher

Larry Yake wrote:

 Hello fellow sailors,  We are totally snowbound up here in the Inland Northwest (40 inches of snow in 3 days last week) and sailing season is far away, so naturally, sailing is foremost in my dreams.  Specifically, a new cruising spinnaker.  I have a CDI roller furler, with a 150 genoa, which is a little too heavy for a lot of the light air sailing we get around here. I've heard of a drifter/cruising spinnaker design built to work over a furled sail with a bead-loop system of raising and lowering. Has anyone out there had any experience with this, or care to comment on the merits, or "de-merits" thereof?Thanks,Larry YakeM17 #200Tullamore