I’m sailing a SCAMP now, but the jib issue was a significant problem for me on my M15, so I understand the desire for a furler. I had a jib downhaul setup, and it works for dousing the jib. But with the jib down the boat does not point. So the issue for me was that where I sailed my M15 in Tomales Bay the winds were changeable. I would start out with my working jib. But the wind could come up quickly to gusts of 20 or more, and the working jib was just too much even with the main reefed. Going forward to change jibs in that scenario was just not safe. So, furling would have been the answer had I kept the boat. I would imagine there are others on this list who have furlers who could comment here. Daniel
On Jan 13, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Mike Epp <mike43067@gmail.com> wrote:
I once had a small boat furler that jammed. I like the simplicity of a downhaul. Otherwise most furlers can just stay on the mast when down. Just tie them together. Weight is no issue with a 15.
On January 13, 2023, at 10:14 AM, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I'm seriously preparing to begin to commence to start to get a CDI-FF1 furler for the M15 and I'm looking for comments/criticisms My motivation is I currently have a hank-on-reefable-jib which is actually fine for lake sailing, but in the bigger ocean waves, I'd like to have an easier way to reduce the jib...mainly because the wave action makes me reluctant to spend time away from the tiller
So I don't intend to keep the furler on the boat, but would rather take it off and replace it with the simple hank-on-forestay which I'lluse about 80% of the time and only 20% use the furler when going on bigger water.
So what do you furler guys do when putting the mast back on the trailer? Do you detach it at the mast and slide it up so it doesn't stick out when trailering? What sort of fittings/toggles/turnbuckles do you use?
I'm looking at EP sails and precision sails, but what percentage jib/genoa should I go for? I think stock hank-on was 125%, but with a furler, should I go larger because I can always furl it down?
Any advice appreciated, including questions I don't even know enough to ask.