Mike, My rigger buddy installs Harkens and services furlers. I've been helping him for years. We've serviced/replaced many brands of furlers. In my opinion, Harken is the best. Profurl is probably second but Harken is clearly better.
I have had a Harken MKIII on Touche' since 1999. Never a problem. If you go with Harken, I recommend a halyard restrainer if your masthead configuration is such that the halyard will be parallel to your forestay. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:17 PM, Michael Jones via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Ls and Gs > > I'm sure there is loads of experience on roller furlers out there...can > you share some of it? I have a 1981 C&C 34 with a track on the forestay. > > I am considering replacing this with a roller furler I'd like to be able > to install myself, and I'd like to keep the existing forestay as it's rod > and I'd rather not have to disturb it by shortening it as some of the > systems require. I'd also like not to have to change it to wire (at least > one furler manufacturer claims their system is not compatible with rod > rigging). > > Profurl seems a possibility, Harken would need to shorten the stay. > > Any comments would be appreciated! > > Best regards > > Mike Jones > 1981 C&C 34 Seanachai > Oak Bay, Victoria. > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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