roller furling headsails ComPac 16

[jhopps]

For me the Idea of roller furling the headsail on the cp16 is overkill.

Here is what I do on my boat.  Tie a 3/16 line to the second from the top
hank.  Thread the line thru each of the lower hanks to the clew and then back to the cabin.  when you release the halyard simple pull the headsail down to the deck with the NEW DOWNHAUL line you have added.  I installeed a small wedge cleat for this line on the port side.

Also, I added a second line from the cabin to the clew which I use to tighten or relax the luff on the headsail.  tighten to move luff forward, relax to move luff towards rear.

[PaulE]

When I'm singlehandedly trying to manuever o the dock, It seems I'm trying to juggle a lot of lines.
Your idea will have me drop the main when I'm close, manuever under jib and yank it down by the dock.

Thanks for a great post

[hsbsailor]

For me, this worked even better with a small block attached to the forestay jib shackle and a 1/4 " line run through it instead of the clew on its way to the cockpit.  

I attach the end of the downhaul line to the "next to the top" hank on the jib and then pass it between the hanks to the block and then to the cockpit.  This reduces friction, protects the line and aligns it parallel to the forestay.

I have a new, stiff jib with nylon hanks and it tended to hang up doing it the other way.

I hadn't thought of the small wedge cleat... That's a good idea to keep the line tight.

[CaptJack]

[img]I assume that no one has introduced the $15.00 roller furling that was on the web a few years ago? I have built 2 of them. The first went on a South Coast 22and I just finished the 2nd one about 3 weeks ago for my newly acquired Com-Pac 16/3. It takes about 2 days to build and install and having had a stroke and being unable to move around safely on the fore deck it works just great for me. If anybody is interested I kept a copy of the building instructions and pictures. By the way it was originally made for a Com-PAC 16.

[Gil Weiss]

I used the jib downhaul line method for two years on my CP16 and it worked pretty well. My wife still sometimes had to wrestle the sail with an extended boat hook to bunch it up to minimize wind area on days where a strong crosswind had to be dealt with getting into our slip.

Then my wife bought me a CDI Roller Furler for a birthday gift. Note that it was my gift but she typically works the sails! Anyway, despite some people saying that a roller furler is overkill on a CP16, we love it and never looked back.

(The picture of our boat was from the year before we added the furler)

[spaul]

I'll tell all of you what you already know. It's hard to beat the friendship, the professionalism and the low down smarts on this forum. The things I learn here are always useful to me and others.
I believe the decision to roller furl is personal, if you need it or think you do then do it. If the jib down haul works for you then do it. It's simplicity is it's beauty for sure. Simpler is usually best.
My hats off to each of you,

Steve Paul
cp27/2
"IM PAUL SIVE"
Nashville, IN

[Danscuba]

I would like to see the plans for the roller furling if you still have them

[Rick Klages]

I have Gill's old boat.  The roller furling works great!  Enjoying your birthday gift!

ick