synthetic rigging and roller furler

[Jack]

Gary those are wonderful photos. You boat looks great. BCC is still one of my all time favorite boats.

I believe you have a continuous line furler on your bowsprit set up Nice looking solution you have there.

This is not a roller furling set up however. They are similar but very different.

A continuous line furler can be added anywhere as it does not require a stay to go over as rolling furler does.

I also use a continuous line furler and love it. I have rolled up 3 different headsails with it, and have tacked it on the outer bows on my Trimaran when running off the wind, to get a full headsail not blanketed by the mainsail.

The problem for guys with rolling furlers is the foil is designed for a certain size wire. Using a synthetic line does not fit. There are splices on each end of the headstay that have two foot bury on 9mm Dux for example. This is just too fat for the foil.