Roller Furling, Everything You Need to Know! Episode 134 - Lady K Sailing 

Love the story of building your own furling system out of Home Dpo parts. Funny, but also clever, man! Love the channel.

Love that you picked Monday for your episodes. Had no idea that furling systems were over a 100 years old!

My friend, the guillotine is uniquely French.

Nice to have the bananas back. And yet again love the video. Great (and honestly informative) content. (The fitted sheet analogy was priceless).

Love the folding the fitted sheet comparison, exactly! And I was caught in a surprise tornado heading to Kingston Ont.. I didn’t know that was a common occurrence . Thanks!

thought you were gonna go into furling spinnakers. As for content, you already are just different enough from everything else out there; greatly appreciated content.

I feel ya. I had to shutter my artisan bread bakery last year after 23 years. This was a really cool vid and I especially appreciated the DYI roller furling story. I learn something new from everything you share. Please keep on and be well. Respectfully and sincerely.

On My Irwin 42 I had a Zipper Main and Mizzen that worked Great! never an issue! I did wax the zipper several times a year and that was always fun.

I consider a masthead sloop without a roller furler to be impractical. In the old days, the jib was slab reefed just like the main. Occasionally, a second head stay was added, so one jib could be be hauled up while the other was being hauled down. But keeping those two headstays tight was a problem. The Siren 17 I once owned had a wire luff jib, with a swivel on one end and a furling drum on the other. It worked reasonably well. But the halyard had to take the entire luff load. Being that my boat was a 3/4 sloop, as soon as it breezed up the jib was the first to go. There were a lot of days when I didn't even take it out of the sail bag. With her swing keel, it was extremely easy to turn my boat into a cat boat. Can Lady K sail without a jib?

Of course, you don't know, but I've been following you for a while via subscription and thought it was about time I comment. You've got a great way about you, very entertaining. I like your informative videos, walk-throughs, and sailing vids, about equally, which is saying something. Thanks, I wish you the best (as you are a racer by nature, maybe brisk winds, not fair winds).

I have z spar in mast furling and have never had a jam in 5 years of owning boat. It all comes down to doing it properly

Mad Props for the E36!!! I've got an E39.

Great job, as always!

I was hoping you were going spend more time speaking about in boom furling sails.

I'm not a purist, and I'm single handed most of the time, so I have a roller furler. Even if I was a purist, arguing the safety argument is pointless, especially when things start to go sour. Sure, reefing a jib is a compromise at best, but beats going on deck at night with high winds and seas. By the way, I added a downhaul, but to the main. A flaking system and a downhaul, safety first. Great subject

Instructions unclear...now my jib is tangled in my can opener.

Thank you for doing an episode on Bristol Yachts.

I've been talking to riggers about the new main reefing systems, as I mostly single hand. Every one that i have talked with recommends the new boom furling systems over the in mast systems, because the in-mast systems are so prone to jamming. I have never used either (my C&C 30 is still slab reefed) so would be very interested in hearing more from people with the new versions, particularly the LeisureFurl, which I hear is the best.

First of all I completely agree.I'd like to add 2 more points.In mast furling doesn't allow horizontal battens which I feel are required for holding proper sail shape.Yes there are vertically battened sails but they don't work as well and add to the potential of getting the main jammed up in the mast.Also the mast diameter has to increased which plays hell with the airflow over sail.Bonus:Flaking the main brings the weight of the sail down which can make a huge difference when the wind and waves kick up.When I see a boat with in mast furling it's usually travelling the ICW,under power.I would never consider in mast furling as a proper long range cruising option.

bunch of bananas! Time to take the Christmas lights down

You didn't mention in boom roller furling.All the convenience of in mast furling , simplicity of headsail furling, while keeping the weight low. Only real downside, not cheap. Also don't have to leave cockpit to hook tack to rams horn.

I closed my computer shop two plus years ago. I just wasn't making enough. I do rental properties, and a little working as a contractor. There are companies out there that get guys like us to go down to the local mall and fix registers, install ethernet, etc. Get on with them and you can make a living. Though with my rentals the rest is just gravy.

Hope they lift .. would be great to see you get out on the boat.. carry-on bud..

You can thank the French for the Guillotine. In 1789, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed that the French government adopt it as a gentler method of execution. The Brits take credit for tanks, guns and gravity.

I think the guillotine was a French design. I think the British perfected the firing squad... 🤔 just saying.

The guillotin is French Columbia was Italian I think his boats was Spain’s

While cruising the greatest problem I had seen was broken roller Furler

So, how much Donut Media do you watch? Hahaha! The "up-to-speed" intro cracks me up. I love it

Don't you ever talk down on lowered cars!! That E36 looks awesome 😎👍👍👍

The bananas are multiplying.

Welcome to the land of free...

What we would like to see for content next: the heck with regulations , Launch Lady K. Fly the Jolly Roger 🏴‍☠️ , hide Lady K. , use black Electrical tape to temporarily change the boat name to COVID and go bar hopping and beer 🍺 runs. I am sure you would gain tens thousands of subscribers

I’m all for headsail furling. In mast furling? Yuck! what a pain. Great for magazine reading armchair sailors who “need” gadgets to be “sea worthy”. We chartered for 4 days on a Jeanneau 38 and really really really don’t like it. It worked, but it was more difficult, and took way longer to douse. We were sailing around Tampa Bay, so short hops to each anchorage and then good around with our little kids. I grew up sailing there, and would often sail into anchorages, but I had to turn upwind snd motor to have any hope of furling the main then motor all the way in. That part sucked. Really not looking forward to the day when I’m looking fir a cruising boat and today’s cruisers are on the used market, with 20 year old in mast furling. Yuck!

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Hey there, was just wondering if Candice is still making winch covers?

Bananas!

I thought it was an Italian funded by Spain that sailed the Ocean blue to discover America?

yikes, that roller skating was close to clickbait!. also hope some is eating the bananas!

HATE folding fitted sheets!!! Not good…

They don't want Canadians leaving in droves for Florida and realising what a load of crap the lockdown is.

All talk....

Talking style is RU-vid fake. Just be yourself we like that better.

What a BS artist. 🙄