![]() ![]() It is used by production boat builders and is also great as a retrofit. The Flexible Furler is used on daysailers as well as offshore passage makers, monohulls and multihulls. They want the reliability of a solidly built furler/reefing system backed by an unbelievably comprehensive warranty and yet do not want to spend a lot of time and money buying or maintaining their equipment. These sailors have boats under 40 feet long and want to enjoy sailing from the cockpit rather than going forward while underway. Can't see anywhere else to mount a block that wouldn't interfere with the bow cleat.In designing the Flexible Furler, CDI focused on the vast majority of sailors who are primarily cruisers or daysailors. And I've tried it higher and lower on the pulpit, just bunches up somewhere else. It's a swivel block with a spring hold up, but once you put even a slight load on it, while letting out the sail, it pretty much directs the line directly at the center of the drum. I believe the problem of it bunching up on the drum is due to the fairlead block being so close to the drum. I also don't think I'd be comfortable removing some of the core, for the same reason. Having the reefed genny suddenly go back to 150% in 20+ knots of wind is something I'd rather not repeat. Having had it fail on me, I'm not sure I'd use it again, though it was 12 years old. Can't say what size it is, but it is softer than the double braided 3/8". Probably what allowed it to flatten out so much on the drum. It is indeed some sort of plaited line, it is NOT double braid. I just checked the furling line that failed (hanging in my shed out back). If you want 5/16 line, I'll sell you the line I removed (used like 4 times) for 1/2 the going rate plus shipping. BTW, it appeared to me, the 2100 on my neighbors C350 also had 5/16's line. I expect you'd get about the same thing with a 2100 drum. With the sail out, the drum is full, but not close to jamming (edited to add that you need to keep slight tension on the furling line as the sail is unfurled so it rolls on smoothly). My sail is a 150 and with the sail furled and 4 wraps of the sheets around the sail so it stays that way, I still have about 4-6 wraps of the furling line. I can now get enough grip on the line to roll the furler in even without being head to wind in light to moderate wind. I took 72 feet of 5/16's line off the Profurl and though I was worried both that 3/8's didn't seem that much easier to grip and that the larger line wouldn't fit, I bought the same amount of 3/8's and it made a huge difference. I found it was impossible to hand furl with that line and winching was too slow for my preferences. I just installed a new Profurl unit on my boat and it came with 5/16" line. ![]()
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