Hi,
I have an ‘84
Islander Bahama. Currently in SoCal and used for coastal cruising. Standing
rigging to include
Harken furler is 16 years old. I am planning to re-rig her later this year. I take my
boat offshore pretty regularly and may take her down to the
Sea of Cortez in the future as well. I’m debating if I want to re-rig her with a new
furler, keep the old one and re-use it, or switch to hanked on
sails. I really want to increase upwind performance and stability in high
wind, which I go out in often. I’m planning to do the re-rig myself to save
money and a furler would add $3000 or so. I am also debating conversion to a slutter with a removeable inner forestay to put a hanked on
storm jib onto. Any thoughts on which option would be best or most reasonable would be appreciated. My
current furler is working but I don’t know for how much longer I should expect it. I’d hate to have it jam open on me one day (or night) in bad
weather. Hanks at least are pretty much fail safe.
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