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..."proximity sensors"..."hydraulic vang"..."generator"..."electric winches" - - "foolproof": find the flaw!

& btw: mid-boom-sheeting is bad on slab-reefing booms, with a heavy in boom-reefing-system already the slight play the boom is going to have, no matter how well the sheet is tightened, is going to strain everything & allow the outboard boom-end enough movement to be dangerous to the crew

I am convinced: no matter how strong, well thought-out, no-traveller, whatever: if the motion of the boat is wild enough & the boom suddenly, after swinging it's full arc, comes to a stop against the sheet system: something is going to give. If totally over-engineered sheets & attachment points...

Forgot about the battens...

BTW: what is a "first" or a "second" reef on a roller furling boom supposed to be? One of the very few "advantages" of these widow-makers is the ability to have infinitely variable reefing. On the much smaller systems I was familiar with ("Sailtainer") we had removed the lines that led to the...

when buying secondhand in 18 furling booms were an exclusion-feature.

...I should have written "ANYBODY can handle..." We all know Vendee Globe racers handle huge sail areas in appaling weather at speeds we only know from our cars, others race giant multihulls singlehandedly, & all with "manual" gear! This does NOT mean, that given the "right" equipment ANYBODY...

I wonder if it is not a fallacy, promoted by the "leisure marine industry", that given the "right" equipment" a man & wife crew can handle ANY size of boat...