Rope is used to rotate nearly all sail furling drums, and some like code-zero furlers and the Hood in-mast system employ a continuous rope loop. The French made Facnor furling drivers on the mainsail and squaresail of Britannia were also operated with rope except they did not have continuous loop lines, only a single rope passing once around the furling gear then back to the cockpit. this alwasy results in a very long tail on one end or the other as the sails were furled and unfurled.

This article shows in detail how to convert a line into a continuous loop, and greatly reduce the amount of rope used.

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