Furling Gear

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    Explore a premium selection of furling gear from top manufacturers like Harken, Allen, Ronstan, Sea Sure, and Selden. Designed for smooth, reliable sail handling, these furling systems offer efficient and easy reefing or furling of your jib and headsails. Harken and Allen provide innovative, high-performance furlers for optimal sail control, while Ronstan and Sea Sure offer robust, corrosion-resistant furling gear built to withstand harsh marine conditions. Selden delivers high-quality, durable sail furler systems to ensure reliable and effortless sail management, making them essential for dinghy sailors seeking efficiency and durability on the water.

    Furling Gear That Actually Performs When Conditions Change

    A furling drum is where most roller furling system failures start. Cheap drums bind under load, chew through furling lines, and leave you wrestling a partially rolled jib in a rising wind. Our collection of furling systems for sale use machined alloy drums with stainless steel bearings that spin freely even when the forestay furler takes on side loading. Whether you run a self-tacking furler on a singlehander or a continuous furling system for sailboats, the drum needs to handle repeated cycling without play developing in the bearings. 

    40 Years of Fitting Knowledge, Available Before You Buy

    Buying a sail furler gets complicated fast. Forestay diameter, swivel clearance, luff length, and halyard exit point all affect which roller furler fits your rig. At Sailboats UK, we have  been matching sailors to the right reefing and furling gear for more than 40 years. That four-decade track record means the team understands the difference a correct specification makes. Hardware like the Allen 15mm Aluminium Thimble and Allen 13mm Dia Rope End Stoppers for up to 3mm Rope matters at the rigging detail level. Getting those details right before the season starts keeps you sailing instead of diagnosing a seized headsail furler mid-race.

    Furling Gear for Every Rig, from Dinghy to Cruiser

    Dinghy sailors and cruiser owners face very different demands from their furling systems. A jib furler on an ILCA-class boat needs to be lightweight and fast to deploy, while an in-boom furling setup on a coastal cruiser needs to hold tension across a mainsail furling system that may stay rigged for months at a time. Sailboats.co.uk covers both ends of that spectrum. Rope hardware such as the 6mm Prolite Anti-Kink Mainsheet for ILCA / Laser and the 7mm Prolite Anti-Kink Mainsheet for ILCA / Laser shows the level of class-specific detail carried here. That same specificity applies across all furling gear. 

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    FAQ

    What is furling?

    Furling is the process of rolling or folding a sail around a stay, spar, or drum to stow or reduce it quickly. Furling gear refers to the mechanical components, including the drum, swivel, and furling line, that make this possible on a sailboat.

    What is the work of a furling system?

    A roller furling system lets you reef or stow a headsail from the cockpit with minimal effort, which makes short-handed sailing significantly safer. The main trade-off is that a partially furled headsail carries an inefficient sail shape compared to a dedicated storm jib hanked onto the forestay.

    What is a roller furler?

    A roller furler is a piece of furling gear that wraps a headsail around the forestay by rotating a drum at the base of the rig. Most systems use a continuous furling line led back to the cockpit so the crew can control the sail without going forward.

    What is a furlex?

    Furlex is a brand of roller furling system made by Selden, designed for yachts ranging from approximately 18 to 50 feet in length. It ranks among the most widely fitted headsail furler systems in European yacht racing and cruising because of its modular design and straightforward installation.