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A look at the options in mainsail design. Includes some good tips on choosing a sail design and fabric to make the reefing system work well. 5 pages with photos.
[Blue Water Sailing, May 2004]
A history, including pricing history of the heretofore unsuccessful boom furling technologies with some warnings about how to convert smoothly to the Leisure Furl, Profurl, and Furlboom systems that have solved many of the problems.
[SailNet, 13 July 2002]
Advantages of in-boom furling, with cost and feature comparisons of furlers from Furlboom, Hi Lo Reefer, Leisure Furl, and ProFurl. 4 pages with photos, tables of features, and vendor list.
[Cruising World, October 2000]
A good introduction to the benefits of boom furling and the workings of five systems. Products from John Mast, Leisure Furl, Furl-Boom, ProFurl, and Schaefer Marine are examined and compared. 6 pages with photos.
[Practical Sailor, 1 April 2003]
Five sizes of boom furling gear with features that reduce sail chafe and aid reefing off the wind.
[Reef-Rite Reefing Co., Bay of Islands, New Zealand]
Carbon-fiber or aluminum in-boom roller reefing that permits control over the mainsail shape when reefed.
[Leisure Furl, Auckland, New Zealand]
Range of boom furling and reefing equipment.
[Schaefer Marine, Inc., New Bedford, MA, USA]
Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.
[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
Unmoderated forum on sail and power cruising. Lots of good advice and other resources, but you have to do some searching.
[Usenet, USA]
Unmoderated forum on various sailing topics. Some useful cruising information here, but you need to dig and you need to be selective..
[Usenet, USA]
We found it incredible that we could furl downwind in 50 knots in Bass Strait in the Sydney-Hobart Race.
An user of in-boom furling
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