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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