Does your genoa have a luff tape to help take the fullness out of the sail as it is furled? I have a 150 on a CDI and I never change it out, but then I sail in the PNW where we have lighter winds most of the time than some areas of the country. With the luff tape it will keep a "decent" shape down to about a 90, but you wouldn't want to race with it. For cruising it's fine and I've sailed with it like that in 40 knot gusts. On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Jared Prindle <gojopo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all and thanks for the support so far. I’ll probably have many questions for many months to come. I have a CDI on my M17 with what I believe is a 150% headsail. It’s in really good condition and it feels like it’s holding decent shaped if furled just a little bit. But…what do all of you CDI style furler owners do when you want to put on something smaller upfront? I do have a 135% sail built for the furler as well but changing the sail on the furler seems like a 30 min job and not something to do while sailing…just guessing on that. Thoughts? Anyone installing an inner stay for something smaller? I assume a 95% or so is made with the same “I” dimension so that doesn’t seem like a doable plan. When the wind pipes up beyond a reasonable furl/reef and you still want some good shape in your headsail, what are you CDI owners doing?