A foresail furling system having a luff spar positioned within a foresail luff sleeve

摘要

A foresail furling system comprises a luff wire 1 which is held in tension by a rigging element attached at each end of the luff wire and a luff spar 7 formed by an elongate, rigid tube with a passage running along the length of the tube. In use the luff wire runs along the passage, and the luff spar is attached within the luff sleeve (17, Fig 4) of a foresail. Elongate, rigid end sleeves 9 and 10 are attached one to each opposite end of the luff spar, so that the end sleeves and the spar form a fixed, integrated unit, the end sleeves and luff spar being rotatably mounted to said luff wire. The system further comprises a furling drum with a drum reel 8, attached to an end sleeve and a furling line (28, Fig 4) with a first end attached to the drum reel. To furl the foresail the furling line is pulled which causes the drum reel and hence the luff spar and end sleeves to rotate, thus pulling the attached sail from an unfurled position to a furled position. The invention also comprises a dinghy, comprising a foresail furling system.