40' Boat In-Boom Furling Costs

[bstreep]

Originally Posted by islandplanet

The "stack" type cover is solely for protecting the sail. There is no magic reefing associated with it.

When I reach the point I can't reef my mainsail, I'll be getting a power boat. There are very few mainsail reefing systems I would trust for the kind of sailing we do. The in-mast reefing systems on the higher end boats like Amel work well but we've seen a lot of issues with the ones on more common production boats.

We advocate simple solutions. Often times through consultation with us our customers are able to greatly simplify and make mainsail handling easy as opposed to a chore.

Make no mistake. We did not put the furler on the boat, and if were were starting from scratch, the boat would have NO mainsail furler. In mast or in boom.

[imagine2frolic]

I ask, because I am returning to the bay area, and will need a main.....enjoy Mexico,,,,,,i2f

[roverhi]

OOOOOEEEEEEEE!!! For those prices I'd buy an internal reefing boom, do double line slab reefing run back to the cabin top and be able to tuck in a reef in a minute protected by the dodger, safe in the cockpit and go cruising for a year with the leftover money. OH!! I did that and it's great. Less than 5 grand with a new mainsail that was sorely needed. Now I reef just for the fun of it.

[TheRailRoader]

Sailorboy, did you ever get the boom furler? If so what was your cost, if I may be so bold as to ask boss?

RR

[sailorboy1]

I didn't

[a64pilot]

My boat came with it, it would be above the cost I believe that I would pay, but then I didn’t buy a new boat due to cost either.
So far as replacing the sail, I’d only go with a sailmaker that I know has experience with this particular system and then take the boat to them to make darn sure it fits perfect before the last payment was made.

I did both headsails by mail and they fit perfect and while I had the boat there, the Code Zero fit perfect too with no mods, but the boom furling main looks as though it has to fit perfectly to function correctly.

[com5984]

I just purchased a 50' cat with in boom furling, from what I read people seem to think they're complicated and not really that good. I don't have that much experience with them but I like the idea of them, especially reefing.