The first 9 hulls were fitted with in boom roller reefing and later boat with slab reefing with 116 boats built in total.
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Its features include foot pedal steering, genoa roller reefing, full trimming facilities, large buoyancy tanks, and car-top mounting.
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This type of sail was popular in Yorkshire, although the only remaining mill with roller reefing sails intact is Ballycopeland Windmill in Northern Ireland.
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The cadets are given constant practice in raising shears, stepping masts, reefing, furling, and shifting sails, and in sending up and down yards.
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"Roller Reefing Sails ", invented in 1789 by Stephen Hooper, use a canvas strip wound around a roller in the place of shutters.
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The idea for a furling jib is usually attributed to Major E du Boulay in England who invented a device similar to a roller blind for reefing a jib.
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It combines a traditional GRP hull and foam sandwich deck moulding with a modern asymmetric rig including a furling jib, reefing mainsail and single line gennaker hoist system.
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This is not a nation reefing sails for hard times _ and that may be a blessing, a Keynesian stimulus of sorts from an unexpected quarter : the consumer.
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The equipment for jiffy reefing is sometimes integrated with Dutchman flaking, a furling technology that flakes ( or folds up ) the sail on alternate sides of the boom.
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Finally, in July 2007, the car was moved to the SBK yard for asbestos abatement and sent to the 207 St . Yard for reefing in early 2008.
