Ray,
Thanks for the response. The RF rig I have is a used (but good condition) CDI Reefer II system which uses a continuous line type roller; no drum. I do know what you mean, though, about keeping the line neat and even on the drum (when there is one). I had a line foul on the RF on a charter in BVI a few years back. Fortunately, the winds and seas were light so it wasn't too difficult working to free it.
In fact, chartering a Moorings 413 several times is the only experience I've had with RF. The furling line on the 413 was run through a line stopper to a winch on the cabin roof, thus my assumption of winching the line on my boat which most everyone advised (warned, even) against doing. Oh well, possibly the difference between the genny on a 40 footer and the C27.
I notice that when Knot Home is home she's at! Jordan Marine. About 10+ years ago I trailered my first boat - a C22 - to Jordan Marine to have the bottom painted, the mast stepped, and the boat splashed prior to sailing it to it's home at the Mathews Yacht Club just inside Hole-In-The-Wall and off Milford Haven. The Sarah Creek area is nice. I need to go back sometime.
Fair winds,
Jim Calleran, BayBird, C27 #2784
Mathews Yacht Club, VA
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Thanks for the response. The RF rig I have is a used (but good condition) CDI Reefer II system which uses a continuous line type roller; no drum. I do know what you mean, though, about keeping the line neat and even on the drum (when there is one). I had a line foul on the RF on a charter in BVI a few years back. Fortunately, the winds and seas were light so it wasn't too difficult working to free it.
In fact, chartering a Moorings 413 several times is the only experience I've had with RF. The furling line on the 413 was run through a line stopper to a winch on the cabin roof, thus my assumption of winching the line on my boat which most everyone advised (warned, even) against doing. Oh well, possibly the difference between the genny on a 40 footer and the C27.
I notice that when Knot Home is home she's at! Jordan Marine. About 10+ years ago I trailered my first boat - a C22 - to Jordan Marine to have the bottom painted, the mast stepped, and the boat splashed prior to sailing it to it's home at the Mathews Yacht Club just inside Hole-In-The-Wall and off Milford Haven. The Sarah Creek area is nice. I need to go back sometime.
Fair winds,
Jim Calleran, BayBird, C27 #2784
Mathews Yacht Club, VA
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Jim,It's more important to keep tension on the furling line as you pull out on the sheets. You need to keep the line on the drum nea! t and evenly wrapped and the halyard needs to be from snug to tight.Ray Winkle
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Knot HomeJordan Marine
Gloucester Point, VA.
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