[C38] top down furler for asym?

[Joseph Launie]

Don,
     We quit using the sock with the assy because we had more problems 
with the sock than the chute. We use a cone and pack the chute with 
elastic bands every 6 to 8 feet. To drop we use a windward drop. You 
essentially, raise the genoa first, then totally blow the chute and pull 
it to weather so that  you are dropping it on the inside of the genoa. 
Then the sewer person pulls it down the forward hatch. Sailing world 
covered this awhile back.

     We have a masthead chute and genoa. We learned the hard way - NEVER 
furl the genoa with a chute up or spin halyard loose. The furler will 
eat the chute and it will not come down. We learned this in a race one 
day. The fleet went toward Santa Barbara while we sailed down the ocean 
towards Ventura.  We drop our furling sail on chute sets. Joe 
Launie/Macavity

On 11/20/2011 10:31 AM, Don Strong wrote:
> Dear C38ers
>
>    It appears to me that a top down furler would make use of the asym 
> much easier than the sock.
> Who has some knowledge of these things?
>
> the following two sites have some interesting videos.
>
> http://www.strongrope.com/facnor.htm
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jXg8mnlyn8w
>
> thanks, Don
>
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