The furling system has a line to roll up the jib, which can be done from the tramp and then you unroll it using the jib sheets, after releasing the line. I would justify it only if you are willing to leave the sheet and the blocks on the boat too, which doesn´t seem a very good idea. Otherwise, I don´t think the time saved would be significant. Also, in my case I always need to reach the forestay bottom end anyway, because it is where I attach the line that goes to the buoy (I tye it to the boat before taking the boat to the buoy and don´t like to keep it attached to the forestay bottom end while sailing (excuse me for my basic language). Attaching that line to the middle of the front beam is not a good idea, in case you are doing that, the boat tends to "sail" around the buoy.
Last edited by Andinista; 06/02/06 01:38 PM.