I've never seen this before. It's like a furling headsail system attached to the mast as a main. The outhaul looks like you would expect from an in-mast furler. There's a definite gap between the luff and the mast.
Anyone seen one before? Do they work.
Cheers
Bristol
Hi Bristol
There is a wooden boat tied up at the dock in Hobart that has that type of fuller fitted and she is probably at least 30 to 40 years old so perhaps it is something that was used a while ago before in mast systems were available
Regards Don
Seen a few, they rotate the furled sail against the mast in a certain wind speed and make a terrible din and probably damage the sail. I think it happens when the furled sail is partially blanketed by the mast. Never seen one in use.
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And obviously only work on boats sailing uphill! Forgot to rotate photo.
Bristol
There you go Bristol 
Select to expand quoteBristolfashion said..
I've never seen this before. It's like a furling headsail system attached to the mast as a main. The outhaul looks like you would expect from an in-mast furler. There's a definite gap between the luff and the mast.
Anyone seen one before? Do they work.
Cheers
Bristol
they work very well as long as you have a very big motor for going upwind
My mum put one on her boat. She and my stepfather were only cruising, they said, so speed didn't matter.
After the first season cruising around Queensland, they brought the boat back down, threw away the furling mainsail and fitted a roachy conventional main using slugs, which actually had shape and generated power.
Sorry if I seem to contradict .
however, my roller furling main seems to work quite fine .
and when I watch other boaties struggle to put up thier main ,
i often think that it looks realy hard , almost like work!
i am certainly no expert sailer so may well not have a clue .
but I don't leave the cockpit to raise or lower sails .
and as the weather worsens I just pull some in ,
not head up and reef .
i know no better but have read the coastal passage .
in one article ragein cageins owner after a very big sail trip mentioned that he would go for a loose footed main if he was to
make changes .
loose footed is what a roller main is ?
am I just stupid or am I missing something .?
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Sorry if I seem to contradict .
however, my roller furling main seems to work quite fine .
and when I watch other boaties struggle to put up thier main ,
i often think that it looks realy hard , almost like work!
i am certainly no expert sailer so may well not have a clue .
but I don't leave the cockpit to raise or lower sails .
and as the weather worsens I just pull some in ,
not head up and reef .
i know no better but have read the coastal passage .
in one article ragein cageins owner after a very big sail trip mentioned that he would go for a loose footed main if he was to
make changes .
loose footed is what a roller main is ?
am I just stupid or am I missing something .?
Don't you have a tripod mast? that puts the main furler away from the mast wind shadow so it has a chance to work without driving you mad whapping round and round when furled in a strong wind.
Is that why it seem to have no problems ?
Powers like a ranger and makes the boat go forward?
