{"id":1390,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:14:32","slug":"furling-mains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/furling-mains\/","title":{"rendered":"Furling Mains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p>I am currently looking at a 54 Hylas to be used for coastal cruising in Florida and the Bahamas, very little extended blue water. A lot of daysailing. Would you recommend a furling boom or in-mast (vertical battens)? Are the in-boom furlers relatively trouble-free? Thank you. Richard <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p>Hi Richard: In-the-masts furlers are considered easier to use than in-boom, which require close monitoring of boom angles when furling and unfurling. Neither system is trouble-free. In-the-boom is much more efficient, with a much lower center of gravity and less windage. But honestly, I am not a fan of either, as they are both heavy, costly, and subject to operator error. For ocean crossings, I think a conventional system, with proper full-length battens and slab reefing is better. The in-boom\/mast systems are fine, though, for coastal work. There is a much more detailed discussion, and lots of photos, in our Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia. Steve<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently looking at a 54 Hylas to be used for coastal cruising in Florida and the Bahamas, very <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/furling-mains\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-sails-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36379,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions\/36379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}