Where to get a pre-feeder

[Twister_Ken]

Am going back to hoisting headsails this season, rather than leaving them rolled up on the forestay. It would be easier to do this using a pre-feeder to make sure the luff tape feeds into the groove without blowing back down the boat.

But I don't recall seeing one of these in local chandleries. Google finds several US sources for them, but no UK ones. Anyone any idea where I might find one, physically or mail order?

 

[rogerroger]

Have you tried searching on google.co.uk rather than the .com ? you can specify UK sites only this way.

Roger Holden
www.first-magnitude.co.uk

 

[salamicollie]

Spinlock do them - should be able to get them from a local chandlery, so do Harken and Selden

I've gone back to using a hank on working jib on my emergency stay as my No1 is like a bag of sh*t once down to working size - makes a massive difference even though the jib is probably 20 years old!

Hope this helps