I'm with Stephen and Joe on this subject. My hull is an 88 model with the  
original furler and the original 175 Genoa. I never have problems with it. I 
 don't need to change sails, so it works for me. I still have all of the 
original  standing rigging.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/12/2013 11:19:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
snstaum at gmail.com writes:

I love  the original General Boats furling system.  It is elegantly simple. 
I  did lose one forestay due to lack of adequate tension (my fault).  But 
in  
9 years the genoa has always opened and furled every time.  My buddy  has a 
newer system (CDI?) on his Catalina 25 and it is always an adventure  - 
sometimes the jib won't open and sometimes it won't furl.

I am  from the kiss school. Keep it simple - sail more - fix less.  I do 
all  
my own work but I would rather be sailing.

Just one man's  opinion.

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham,  MA

-----Original Message----- 
From: thewill311
Sent: Wednesday,  June 12, 2013 5:56 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject:  [Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa

So I talked to the owner of  the rigging company that's going to replace
head/forestay and he was  telling me that the reason my rigging broke is
because 175% genoa was to  much for my rigging to handle and that the roller
furling was a Stone Age  technology and I should chuck it over board. He is
the third rigger that  has told me this since I have been calling about
fixing my boat. I'm pretty  new to sailing so I'm not sure what to tell 
these
guys when they put down  the original set up on my boat. Every part on my
boats rigging mast and  sails are original to the 1987 Rhodes 22. Should I 
go
with different set up  for the genoa?



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