Can you make a DIY furler?

Golly I'm on my second boat change since this thread started! Sold the HT - lovely boat but not enough room for three children. Bought a Manta 19 to keep me going whilst we boat hunted - found a lovely Colvic Watson Veracity 35, one of only two built. It had a hanked on genoa so we replaced with a Harken system - the genny on a 35 footers' bowsprit is a big old beast - I wouldn't trust my DIY skills to make one.
 
sailorman said:
They do turn over :eek:
Bloke from Woodbridge off N E Scotland
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Nice try at a wind up Roge :D gettit "wind up" cos it was a storm :D gosh I'm good.

Force 11 and he fell asleep with the Autohelm on - wind changed direction and his course stayed the same - the boat then fell over. Kudos to the Autohelm for steering to a fixed course in a force 11, not such Kudos to the skipper who was told to take shelter by the fisherman when a force 9 was forecast but skipper knew best and set off anyway, wind turned out to be a force 11 and he'd forgotten to take a radio that could receive a shipping forecast. Apart from force 11's they are nice boats - clearly quiet if you can sleep in a storm - but also discount the well known HT that was fitted with a Yanmar diesel outboard, the owner said is was impossible to think, let alone sleep when it was running. One I saw with twin diesels could spin on the spot, unlike our central outboard version that behaved just like a long keeler i.e. steering at less than 3 knots and at any speed astern was like giving advice to a teenager - gave you a feeling you'd done the right thing but it was unlikely to change the course they would take.
 
Interesting thread.
Has anybody tried making a furling system using the bearings from old bike pedals?
Just that I have a few kicking about, and fancy tinkering with the Wayfarer at some point...
 
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