Furlers

[floro]

I’ve just bought a UFO 34 I’m in the process of fitting new rigging
the boat had a profurl system on it which was pretty tired I’ve started to fix the old fuller but I’m thinking it might be smarter to get a new one
I’m interested to see what you guys think would be the best furler for this boat
I’m also thinking to change the wheel out for a tiller which would give me much better access to winches and main sheet
Your thoughts ?

[Tetepare]

We put a Harken on the previous boat and loved it

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Originally Posted by floro

I’m interested to see what you guys think would be the best furler for this boat
I’m also thinking to change the wheel out for a tiller which would give me much better access to winches and main sheet
Your thoughts ?

i have harken on all fleet. but best for you is profurl.

[tkeithlu]

Tillers take up less space, but do give you more feedback to handle, which can be tiring if she's out of balance and pulling into the wind. Since a tiller is your backup means of steering when you have a wheel, can you give it a try and see if you like it for your boat without completely eliminating going back to the wheel?

[floro]

Thanks for your input sounds like profurl is the way to go I only started looking because I heard that the previous owner lost the forstay due to some problem with the profurl
I may have got it wrong
Thing I’ll give the tiller a go like you said can always go back to the wheel I do think it would be very difficult to single hand with the wheel