5/31/2023 0 Comments Cdi roller furling system manual![]() There’s a line drum with a shackle for the foot of the sail at its base up top, there’s a swivel to which the head of the sail and halyard are attached. A rigid foil, or extrusion, with one or two slots for a sail’s luff tape, covers the headstay. While features may vary, the basic hardware and how it functions are similar. Most sailboats these days have a roller furler made by one of a handful of manufacturers that include Facnor, Furlex, Harken, Schaefer Marine and Profurl. In fact, eventually, after a few good dousings on the foredeck while switching to a smaller working sail, we invested in a Schaefer furler, which I installed on the Ericson one spring day, just before launching, with the help of a few friends. Our previous boat, a vintage Ericson, had come with hank-on headsails, and while they worked well, I had no desire to go back to the days of dropping, flaking and bagging a big genoa every time we used the boat. When we bought our used Sabre 34, Jackalope, some years ago, I didn’t pay much attention to the roller furler, except to note that it had one.
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