If you have ever been researching for a furling unit, you have probably been lost at some point to understand every concept, the difference between the products available, between the features and designs from one manufacturer to the other … not to mention the headaches with understanding the vocabulary itself!
This blog aims to cover these topics and help you navigate through the information available to better understand these critical pieces of equipment that are here to make your life easy!
We are at the early stage and are still implementing new information and ressources as fast as we can process them, but if there is anything specific you are looking for and not finding out here yet, we encourage you to contact us directly with your question or request and will do our best to help you out. You can use our contact form here.
In a recent news, North Sails announced they will be opening a new loft in the heart of the offshore sailing scene in France, the city of Lorient.
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We were in Le Havre for the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, where we had the chance to view the boats. We took this opportunity to make the inventory of furler supplied on the boats participating in this transatlantic race.
Understand the difference between a reefing furler (generally described as jib furlers) and a non-reefing furler (commonly known as continuous line furlers)
