TECHNICAL FURLING MAINSAILS
ainsail furling systems have come on a long way. Sails no longer need to be wrapped around a boom, nor does an in-mast mainsail need to be the hollow-leached, baggy triangle we first saw decades ago. Furling mainsails can now offer more sail area than a traditional slab-reefed mainsail. Be that as it may, every slabreefed sailor knows a horror story about in-mast or in-boom furling that is enough to make them steer well
