How do you install a sail on a flexible furler?

Answer 1

I have a CDI furler on my jib and this is what works for that rig. If the plastic 'foil' is not installed yet you will have to release the bottom of the jib stay. Be sure to use a halyard in place of the stay to make sure the mast doesn't fall while the stay is disconnected. The foil slides over the jib stay with the integrated halyard roller on top. Attach an extra length of line to the halyard and tie the ends to the deck to avoid losing them aloft. After the foil is on, attach the stay to the roller drum which is attached to the jibstay chainplate. The furling line should be fully wound up around the drum. Attach the head of the sail to the halyard end that is on back of the foil i.e. the side with the sail track and loading slot. Attach the tack of the sail to the shackle on the drum. Hoist the sail while feeding the luff rope of the sail into the foil's sail track and then secure the halyard to the tack shackle. Pull the furling line and the sail will roll up on the foil.