[c350ia] A question about in mast furling...

[Luis Salvador]

The 350 was our first boat.  Into our 6th season we have never had an issue 
with the in mast furling.  Because it was our first boat we wanted to get 
something that allowed us to think as little as possible while earning our 
experience.  That we have.

We are able to furl, reef and drop the main if we wanted to all from the 
safety of the cockpit.  Additionally, as long as you are closer than beam 
you can bring in the main by realeasing the boom.  No need to go into the 
wind and lose valuable seconds.

I don't know how we could have managed without the main furling system.

Luis
Girasol
Hull  93
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Szymanski" <aszy@mac.com>
To: <c350ia@catalina350.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: [c350ia] A question about in mast furling...


> Well... time is drawing near. We have accepted an offer on the house, 
> thus will be purchasing our dream - a Catalina 350. There's one in 
> Seattle right now and with one exception is the boat for us. The 
> exception is the in mast furling system. My wife and I have shied  away 
> from that arrangement for mostly simplicity reasons - thinking  that the 
> system is "just one more thing to break". Heck.. my current  vessel has a 
> hank on jib and I use a sextant !  So.. we'd be very  interested in 
> everyone's observations on the system - I do recall a  recent post of one 
> that jammed up and would not allow the sail to be  furled.
> Standing by,
>
> Al Szymanski
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