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Author:  miatapaul [ Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:00 am ]
Post subject:  Roller furling
I bought a new to me 1982 Hobie 16. I have a lot of experience with big keel boats (C&C 33) with roller furling. I was wondering how useful the roller furling is on the Hobie 16. I will be mostly single handing on local mid-west lakes. (East Fork in OH and Brookville in IN) Seems like it would really only be useful when beached, but have not sailed a Hobie since the 80's. The jib is such a small sail I can't see it being that much help to "reef" it, though I don't expect to be out in very strong winds as we are lucky to get much wind at all during the summer. I have not pulled the sails out of the bag yet as they were described as "serviceable but not pretty" when I bought the boat. So the thought is that this weekend when I lay the sails out in the yard if they need to be replaced sooner rather than later should I also upgrade to roller furling at the same time. Seems these boats sail surprisingly well with worn out sails so I will likely give it a season or more before replacing them.
Author:  srm [ Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Roller furling
Since the stock jib on the 16 is fully battened, it is generally quite tame on the beach. The lower quarter may flap around a little bit, but for the most part, the sail will just quietly point into the wind. It’s not like a standard unbattened jib that will flog to death if left hoisted on the beach.

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Author:  mjggjm [ Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Roller furling
miatapaul wrote:
Seems these boats sail surprisingly well with worn out sails so I will likely give it a season or more before replacing them.


Yes, my sails are completely worn out but I still get around pretty good with them. I have never sailed it with newer sails though, so maybe I don’t get around as good as I think, LOL.
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