Success .... I think! After a bit of a search I’ve found a new section of foil here locally in the ‘parts bin’ of a rigging shop (it’s actually new ... still in the plastic wrap). The rigger has a 2nd piece as well that has been cut down. Now he says he can’t be 100% sure it is a Mark 1 foil ... dimensions are correct and it is a screw (not rollpin) unit (the Mark 1 Unit 0 were the only Unit 1’s that used screws rather than rollpins) but if it is a Mark 2 foil, then the shape inside would be slightly different ... this fellow says the differences in the early Marks is small enough that the connector can be modified to suit without too much difficulty. .... I’ll find out tomorrow exactly what it might cost me for the part and also what the rigging shop will charge me to replace the forestay and fix-up the foil / install a halyard restrainer. This fellow says typically they make-up a new top-cap out of some plastic and he feels the old Mark 1 Unit 0 on my boat still has some good life left in it – in fact it seems this guy prefers the older Harkens to the newer ones.
Another rigger has quoted me $950 to repair the existing furler (not including replacement parts), replace the forestay and add a halyard restrainer (all with the mast up) .... and about $2500 to replace with a new Mark IV Unit 0. (I can probably cut about $250 off that by ordering the furler myself). I’m quite leaning towards keeping the old unit. Mainly a cost thing at this time – I’ve got enough other projects needing doing! ... if I can keep the old one going for a couple more years I’ve been told the rest of my standing rigging probably only has a couple year’s left in it .... so then would be the opportunity to have the mast down and reassess the need to redo the furling. I’m still interested in finding a user manual for the old Mark 1 furling unit, if anyone has one they can scan and email or send to me so I can scan (and return). Hopefully I can get this sorted out in the next couple of weeks, so that I can get measured-up for my new genoa! Any further words of wisdom? Thanks, Peter Fell Sidney, BC C&C 27 MkIII From: Dennis C. Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 12:48 PM To: Peter Fell ; [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Harken Furler Mark 1 Unit 0 Peter, It looks like there's a block for an external halyard being held out of the way in the pic. I'd have a better idea if I'd climbed the rig myself but is it possible that this block rubbed the damage on the extrusion? Although not to the degree I see in your pic, Touche's masthead had a similar issue and result. I'm sending you pics off list to illustrate. Dennis C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Peter Fell <[email protected]> To: 1 CnC List <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 1:25 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Harken Furler Mark 1 Unit 0 Thanks guys ... all great info and suggestions. I highly suspect (and so does the rigger that inspected the unit) that the previous owner wrapped the halyard on one or more occasion ... I admit to doing it once while alongside the 1st time I put the genoa up .... but the rigger figured that was a pretty old damage to the foil. I suspect it’s been wearing on / catching the forestay over time. My wire halyards don’t look too good either .... the jib halyard has a definite cork screw to it – so I’ll be replacing those as well. Peter Fell Sidney, BC C&C 27 MkIII From: Jim Watts Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:02 AM To: 1 CnC List Subject: Re: Stus-List Harken Furler Mark 1 Unit 0 Russ, I think the wire is just coming unlaid. Looks like it may have been twisted against the lay somehow. I'd still replace it. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 19 January 2014 09:07, Russ & Melody <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Dennis & Peter, I would say when, not if, you replace that forestay. The gap showing in the lay of the wire in this pic would lead me to inspect for a broken strand (or two). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/707/1lxd.jpg Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 At 08:18 AM 19/01/2014, you wrote: Peter, What caused the damage to the top of the extrusion? Hard to tell from the pic. Need to figure that out. ... If you are replacing the forestay, you can do this when you drop the unit for that. I'm assuming you're replacing it with another swaged forestay or are you using a Norseman or NavTec compression fitting? If a swaged eye, then you will have to disassemble the furler completely. If you are going that way, just upgrade to the MKIV. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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