Windfall
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We are considering buying a Sailpar headsail furling gear for our She 31. Any words of wisdom?
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Sailspar furling gear
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davidwf
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I sail with a friend on a contessa with a Sailspar furler, the furler must be 20 years old and is still going strong. My own boat uses a facnor and I'd swop it for the sailspar anytime. The Sailspar is built to last.
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If you do fit furling gear, don't clip the spinaker halyard to the pulpit because somehow Murphy will get the halyard to try furl into the genoa as you are trying to furl the genoa.
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snowleopard
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make sure the sections of foil are joined with screws, not glue.
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tillergirl
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Very good gear. You won't regret it. And it's British. Easy to use, easy to look after and neat and tidy. The only hitch if properly fitted (it's a diy job except that the halliard lead block will need a heavy duty riveter which you can hire) is to keep the splice on the rope from passing through the drum. It will do so but with use I've found that it can bind a bit - but if you position the splice in the right place at the beginning of season, it won't go round the drum and therefore won;t be a problem.
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Sybarite
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I have used Proengin Profurl without problems for the last 15 years. This is the one favoured by the French off-shore racers so it might be worth comparing.
John
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Windfall
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The thing we like about the Sailspar is the continous line rather than yet another heap of rope in the cockpit. How does it compare price wise with other gear?
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dickh
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I have the Sailspar on a 27' and am happy with it. As said previously make sure the endless splice does not go round the drum, also make sure the lead from the top swivel is at least 15º to the forestay as this prevents 'halyard wrap' - in fact when I got mine, the spinnaker halyard had been fitted to the top swivel and caused halyard wrap. Once the correct halyard with its divertor bracket was used all my problems dissappeared.
Also to 'cleat' the rope when reefing, use a Clutch, not a cleat, that way you just pull on the line and it's automatically gripped. You must source the clutch which you can dismantle in situ to pass the endless line thro'. I used a Rutgerson clutch(one of the first in the country as I had it off the salesman in the chandlery as he demonstrated it!) I now believe Spinlock do a similar version.
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Also to 'cleat' the rope when reefing, use a Clutch, not a cleat, that way you just pull on the line and it's automatically gripped. You must source the clutch which you can dismantle in situ to pass the endless line thro'. I used a Rutgerson clutch(one of the first in the country as I had it off the salesman in the chandlery as he demonstrated it!) I now believe Spinlock do a similar version.
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