Saturday, April 30, 2011

OBW Sailcloth Gear Bags

Online Boat Warehouse offers sailcloth gear bags in many different colors and cloths. These are great for storing gear while on the boat or walking around town. We carry them in 3 sizes

Large laminate sailcloth bag measuring 23in by 12in. These are great all around bags they are water resistant and keep clothing dry while on the boat or just general travel. All bags are constructed from new sailcloth of various styles.

Medium laminate sailcloth bag measuring 18in by 9in. These are great all around bags they are water resistant and keep clothing dry while on the boat or just general travel. All bags are constructed from new sailcloth of various styles.


Small laminate sailcloth bag measuring 9in by 5in. These are great little bags they are water resistant and good for holding your toiletry items or used as a purse. All bags are constructed from new sailcloth of various styles.

Facnor AFX 2500 Spinnaker Furler

Facnor AFX 2500 spinnaker furler is Facnor's most popular spinnaker furler. We have sold and installed many of these over the past few years. They work very well for cruising or racing applications really simplifying sail handling of asymmetrical spinnakers. This unit we just put together for a 33ft cruising boat for use with his code 2 asymmetrical changing over from an ATN sock. These units are great and allow for the luff of the sail to remain free flying and not a fixture of the system.

Facnor LS Furler Install

Just finished an install of a Facnor LS Furler. This is a great furling system for cruising boats, very simple and well thought out unit. The unit can be installed without any cutting of headstay or extrusions. You may need to replace some hardware on turnbuckle for installation. We just installed an LS 100 for a Sabre 28 without removing headstay just built it in sections sliding them up the headstay as we went. Start to finish time for install was about 2 hours. Customer was very pleased and out sailing the following week after sail modifications were done. The Facnor LS/LX furlers are a great choice for the do it yourself boat owner.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Facnor LX/LS Furlers

Online Boat Warehouse is an authorized FACNOR retailer, offering the full line of Facnor products. We have been selling and installing Facnor products within the US for 5 years now. This furler is a favorite among Europeans, and has been used in grueling offshore racing conditions. The LX/LS system is well engineered and offers a duarable rounded foil shape extrusion with nicely machined connecting link plates.The unit uses a traditional swivel, and the bottom telescoping foil section eliminates the need for cutting. Another key feature is neither the wire nor the turnbuckle have to be replaced. The bearing system contains a stainless thrust bearing and large polymer bearings for axial loads all housed in a compact drum.