Ep 21: Learn to Sail: Part 10: Unfurling the Headsail 

Another great video!

This fellow is an excellent teacher.

Great videos!

Brilliant just brought my Robert's 33

Thank you. This is exactly the lesson I needed. Being new to sailing, just seeing someone pull the furling line around a cleat instead of a winch now makes more sense of my boat's set up.

Good video. Thank you.

Excellent teaching, thank you so much and best greeting from Turkey

Very useful series, thanks so much and greetings from England.

Is lead block the same thing as car position?

How big is your boat and what diameter furling line do you use? Our furling line is very difficult for me to pull in.

How do you know what side is the lazy side?

I think there a missing some vital points in this description of the furling and unfurling process. First you must recognize, that the headsail- reefingline is a very dangerous line, which is prone for heavy injuries of the hands and severe damages of the boat( sail and mast). Why? In winds more than a lite breeze the loads on the reefing/ furling line on a boat say as big or bigger 30 feet get so high that you cannot hold them by hands. It ends up that the line( which must be rather thin because of technical reasons) burns into your fingers up to the bones. The now wild flattering genua will then destroy the masttop and tear apart in very strong winds. Leading the reefingline round a cleat(as shown) of course helps as well as hand- protection. But it's not enough. I always use a free winch in more then a light breeze with one or more turns around depending on the wind- force. Also, beware of the cleats to fix the reefingline, when the sail is partly unfurled. When they open in strong winds you get also the scenario- wild flattering full genua, destroyed masttop, destroyed headsail. .