Admiral Marine Furlers
Lately taken in the assortment of SPW GmbH are the products of the Turkish manufacturer Admiral. SPW is undertaking the representation within Germany for furlers.
The Rollmaster
Rollmaster is a manual furling system with reduction.
The aim of Rollmaster is to enable sailors to save their power and endurance ; not to get exhausted while dealing with the forces of nature ; and give them joy of sailing.
The force required to roll the sail with this system is only half of what is required for the standard manual systems.
The size of the driving drum with the 1/3 reduction system ; has been reduced so that only ½ the force is required in comparison to the standard manual furlers.
Due to the reduction of the size of the driving drum , the starboard-portside dimension of the furler is also decreased ; thus interference of the anchor handle connected to the windlass and the driving drum, is prevented and the foot of the sail can be lowered as much as possible ; and serious gain in the sail area at the foot of the sail which has the least heeling effect on the boat , is obtained.
The lower connecting sheets can be rotated and fixed at all positions of 30º angles.
It is desired that especially the most eye-catching equipment on boats , should add an esthetic value to the unity of the boat . When Rollmaster was designed ; emphasis was put on its esthetic look,along with its functional advantages. Reliable equipment is an important factor for success.
Race & Reef Furler
The distance between the foot of the sail and the deck is usually about 25 cm to 40 cm on the standard furling systems used on the deck.
The racing boats with furling systems have a special need to minimize the distance between the foot and the deck.
To fill that need the furling producers have developed and released the race furling systems. However in these new race furling systems, the genoa can only be entirely furled or unfurled; therefore it is not possible to reef and use the genoa in various sizes depending on the strength of the wind.
On the drum that rolls the furler, there is just one line of rope and when trying to reef, the rope slips back making it impossible to reef.
Admiral Marine Equipment has developed the Race&Reef Furling Systems that made it possible to:
- Minimize the distance between the foot of the sail and the deck,
- Reef and use the genoa in any size depending on the strength of the wind.
