CDI Flexible Furler

Seems to be full of dire warnings about not letting the foil get bent!!

So it's not so flexible then.

Also
This product is intended for use only on sailboats having masts fixed
vertically in place at all times while the boat is in the water, wherein the
mast may only be lowered in accordance with the boat manufacturer’s
instructions when the boat is on land.
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CDI Flexible furler

I have CDI Furling on my boat. It IS flexible in one direction; it is flat plastic section approx 30mm x 10mm I bend it round the side of the boat when trailing tied to the pulpit along stanchions and back to the pulpit.
I have mixed feelings on it. When all set up with the sail bent on and all working it is fine no problems. Setting it up is easy but fiddly and time consuming. It takes me between half hour and an hour to get the jib bolt rope up the luff track and all sorts of gymnastics trying to feed the bolt rope in at the bottom and pulling down on the halyard with the wind flapping the sail every ware.
The drum and metal cage are just an accident waiting to happen when putting on the furling line attaching the forestay, adjusting the rigging screw; you just have to watch your fingers.
But I only do that once a year and I have never had any problems when sailing, not having halyard running back to the mast and jamming, twisting round the forestay etc is a big plus over my old Plastimo.
 
thanks

GART said:
I have CDI Furling on my boat. It IS flexible in one direction; it is flat plastic section approx 30mm x 10mm I bend it round the side of the boat when trailing tied to the pulpit along stanchions and back to the pulpit.
I have mixed feelings on it. When all set up with the sail bent on and all working it is fine no problems. Setting it up is easy but fiddly and time consuming. It takes me between half hour and an hour to get the jib bolt rope up the luff track and all sorts of gymnastics trying to feed the bolt rope in at the bottom and pulling down on the halyard with the wind flapping the sail every ware.
The drum and metal cage are just an accident waiting to happen when putting on the furling line attaching the forestay, adjusting the rigging screw; you just have to watch your fingers.
But I only do that once a year and I have never had any problems when sailing, not having halyard running back to the mast and jamming, twisting round the forestay etc is a big plus over my old Plastimo.
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thanks for posting that

I always remove my genoa and the mainsail between visits to the boat

it sounds as though rasing the gneoa is a bit of pain

and of course it only bends in one direction - as you say

however, that might be better than ben ding in no directions

Dylan
 
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