Next message: Tom Rogers: "RE: lv-ab: roller furling help"
> This sounds more like a foil head stay. A lot of the " go fast" types have
> a slotted foil that the sail is fed into like a furling head stay. The theory
> is smoother air flow over leading edge of the sail. and if there a two slots
> then sail changes can be made faster by putting the new sail up before the
> old sail is dropped.
I was wondering what the second slot in my roller furler was for --
obviously for a sail, but why? It seems like it would be pretty awkward
to try to put up another jib before taking down the first, even if you
are head into the wind. Do people really do this?
Dick
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