furlers

My Harken furler sections were damaged when I lost my forestay and mast. Harken no longer sells repair parts for the old furler. (Oval section extrusions with twin tracks.) The drum and top assembly are fine but several intermediate lengths are damaged as are the joints between sections. Has...

Hi. Just purchased a 1989 E28 in Chicago and can't wait to get on the water! This will be my first boat with roller furling and it has a North Sail furler (harken?) that has a wire lead with a triangle shaped shackle-like thing coming out of the top of the drum just below the foil. Can't figure...

I went in on the web and looked at the Profurl furling systems and noticed they have the "Classic system" and a "Basic system". Has anyone had any experience with the basic system? There is a big difference in the price. We are lake sailors and the demands on a furling system wouldn't be as...

Hello, I just bought a 1968 Ericson 26ft sloop. The original owners had a furler on it before and were told that real sailors don't use a furler, so they threw it away. I kid you not, they just threw it out. Unfortunately, they also destroyed the jib sail shortly after they removed the furler...