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    Posted: 06 Jul 12 at 1:05pm
the trouble with furling a jib is that you a trying to put a nice purpose designed 3d shape around a straight wire. You basically crush the middle of the sail and stretch the outsides. Sailmakers now put luff flatteners on yacht sails which are designed to make the fore stay thicker where the shape of the sail is so when you roll the sail it physically draws the shape out of the sail. This means it rolls smoothly and can be sailed partially furled with minimal damage to designed shape and the sail sits better when fully furled.
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Originally posted by kfz

The systems ive used Theres no real tension in the cloth, the drum is normally spring loaded and produces a little tension in the cloth but this must be nothing compared to to what happens to the sails during a normally day or even the flogging they get on the slip waiting the trailer sailor in front to clear.
 
Plenty of downsides of reefing systems which are well documented on the net but this is isnt really one them.
 
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Trust me no matter what or how you furl a jib/genoa you are shortening its life its foot and leech will be tight on the wire or spar and regular furling of hard finished race dacron -like most wayfarer genoas - will make it hook.
 yes it is not as bad as flogging which is why you need to keep flogging to a minimum hoist just before you launch etc etc....
regular or prolonged use of a furler is  second to flogging for shorten the life of foresails- remember it is used for ease of handling over performance/longevity.
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