Seems to me I read where someone had made their own furler. I think I'm going to give it a try as well. My jib will be 15-18 sq.ft., and this is a build on the cheap, so I don't see the need to spring for $2-300. I'm thinking I can take a hole saw, cut out a "hole", epoxy a couple of pieced of 1/4" ply cut into circles onto the "hole", get a couple of swivel shackles, couple of pad eyes, a length of ss wire, a furling line, plus a few other odds and ends and have at it.
Anyone here done anything like this?
Am I correct in my understanding that some furlers just furl the sail around the wire? Or are they like my CDI furler on my Macgregor that has a foil (I think that is the correct term) that runs along the forestay that the jib wraps around?