Mustad Marine Yacht Delivery Tidbits video during a passage from Tahiti to San Diego aboard a 2019 X-c45. Tidbits include cockpit various, gennaker, Furlerboom, refrigeration, etc.
This video covers some of the issues we had with the Furlerboom, a Danish in-boom furler. This video was taken at sea somewhere between Hawaii and San Diego. Sorry for the audio. I had to apply a noise filter to quiet the wind noise.
I said that the Furlerboom presented some challenges that may not be well suited to ocean passage making. At the very least, delivery skippers should be aware of its potential shortcomings.
Furlerboom issues (my opinion):
* An inherent weakness in the endpiece joint near the gooseneck
* Hydraulic vang, potentially levering excessive pressure on gooseneck
* Potential catastrophic failure should the boom swing into the rigging
* Weighty boom (300-400#-) - potential for quite the problem should anything work loose, i.e., smallish gooseneck pin
* The topping lift needs to be oversized, low stretch (2nd halyard)
* Furler gear - various issues, especially when reefed
* Soft/hard bail leads to mainsheet chafe
* Furler line constantly being worked by furler gear when main is reefed, chafing leads to short life span
* No lock, no access, no redundancy
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