Graham:  Our '86 had the GBI fuller, which gave us great service for the 13 years that we sailed "NoKaOi 1."  Note that our '86 had a reputation of being the most sailed boat - power or sail, in our marina.  Our 2010 came with the CDI furler and It has performed very well.  It is a bit tricker to get road ready that the GBI; however, it is much more flexible than the GBI so not as likely to "kink."

We are not in Stuart, so I cannot give you any measurements.  If you have Stan's agreement, he would be able to give you the measurements off the top.

Sorry, and Cheers, Bob in Stuart, Florida 

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> On Jun 25, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> 
> I have concluded that my old CDI furler is toast and am in the process of
> deciding what to replace it with. I would like to hear any suggestions for
> replacement members of the list might have. I am currently inclined towards
> the Alado. Does anyone have experience with this system?
> 
> Also, I am trying to figure out what the length of the forestay should be.
> My current forestay has a 5" extender below the turnbuckle. Is that common
> on Rhodes or is my boat the exception? If I measure the forestay and include
> the extender the total length is 27' 9 1/4". That seems long to me as the
> specs for the boat stipulate 26.9'. Might my rig have been set up with the
> mast raked back?
> 
> Does anyone know what proper length of the forestay? If it is actually
> shorter than what I have I might need to lengthen the aft stays. I plan to
> replace the forestay as mine has a number of nasty kinks in it. Meanwhile I
> really don't know what length I should specify.
> 
> Help with this would be appreciated.
> 
> Graham
> 
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario Canada
> 
> 
> 
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