I’ve been told by sailmakers that partially furling your sail is very, very bad
for the sail, especially on racing sails where the stress loads are designed to
be in particular places.
That being said, when I was in a race and was suddenly faced with a 40-mph
storm, furling was the easiest and fastest way to reduce sail.
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 10:46 AM, Paul Baker via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> wrote:
>
> I reef before I furl.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
> Orange Crush
> C&C27MkII, Sidney, BC.
>
> On 14-12-04 07:34 AM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List wrote:
>> Here's another one on heavier winds: Reef 1st or Furl 1st?
>>
>> Up 'till a few weeks back, when the boat gets over-powered I typically furl
>> long before I reef because it's so much easier + it's quick to un-furl when
>> going on a reach. But then I watched the "in port" race with the Volvo
>> 'round the world thing where the ladies team reefed instead of going for the
>> smaller gib and seemed to gain speed from that tactic. When I tried reefing
>> before it seemed to remove too much power ( In 18-22 breeze) but I was not
>> looking at the boat speed closely.
>>
>> Has anybody done some tests on reefing vs furling in terms of outright speed
>> on a close haul for a given wind speed?
>>
>> -Francois Rivard
>> 1990 34+ "Take Five"
>> Lake Lanier, GA
>>
>>
>>
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