John Humphrey wrote: I am currently installing Harken on W32 Sapphire inner stay. Chose Harken to match furler on headstay. Looking for easier sail change while single handing. Removed the high field lever if anyone is interested $150.

Bud Taplin wrote:

Steve,

For a furling staysail you would have to go to the loose footed arrangement shown in my Westsail Service Manual, or alternatively, if you wanted to keep the staysail boom, a track installed on the top of the boom with a roller car that goes back and forth along the top of the boom.

Ralph Weiland wrote: Are we talking about roller furling or roller reefing?  I have a roller furled staysail and a staysail boom, with the staysail attached to the boom by a line from the outboard end of the boom to the clew of the sail.  Both the jib and the staysail are hanked onto their respective stays.  But there is no track on the boom.  The track and car for the staysail boom are on the cabin top.

Wojciech Lukaszewicz wrote: I have recently installed roller reefing for the new staysail on Namaste. The boom is gone. It is a self tacking arrangement, i.e. there is only one sheet going from the becket on the block on the traveller car to the clew of the sail, then back to the block on the car and all the way up to a block where the staysail is attached to the mast, then back to a block on the deck and then via a deck organizer comes under the dodger to a cleat. 

Works perfectly, once set I don't need to touch it whether tacking or gybing. It's a real friend of a solo sailor.

Have a look at the photo here (last photo in the album). Look for a black sheet.

I've only installed this recently but would recommend it to everybody. The major cost is the furler and in my case a new sail. No need for two tracks on the sides of the cabin nor new winches. Namaste has one winch under the dodger on the stbd side that can be used if needed for tensioning of the staysail sheet.

Cheers,

Wojtek

sv Namaste (W28)