RH, The furler should roll up by hand. Never use a winch to roll it up. I learned this the hard way when I first installed my furler. I allowed a spin halyard to get caught in the sail as I rolled it up, and then when it jambed, I used a winch to finish the roll. Bad. The line caught the schackle of the genoa halyard and ripped the plastic trim cap off the top of the extrusion and cracked the end of the extrusion.
Lesson learned: Remove any spin halyards from in front of the mast, flip them over the top spreader and clip to a loop of line behind the chainplate turnbuckles. Make it a rule: never winch a furling line. Also check lines that can jamb the furling drum: leech lines in the foot of the sail, the small line for the prefeeder, etc. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Rheaume via CnC-List" <[email protected]> To: "RPH" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 5:26:30 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Why does my furler get "hung up"? Check if its your spinnaker halyard getting caught on the top of your headsail. Try tying off the unused spin halyard away from the mast to the shrouds before clipping it to the the mast collar. I had the same issue on my 30-2 before I figured it out. Allan Drumroll 30 Mk II From: RPH via CnC-List <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 1:08 AM Subject: Stus-List Why does my furler get "hung up"? I just bent on my main and jib this evening. While furling my jib, the furler (Harken) seemed to get caught up somehow. It was as if the furler wanted to unwind a little, if that makes sense. I know that my jib sheets were not fouled. It felt as if I was twisting the foil or the forestay. I managed to furl by repeatedly backing off and gingerly furling again. Anyway, I'm asking because this happened to me last summer under sail while I was trying to reef. The situation was as above, but with the added drama of a wildly flapping jib. Is there an obvious reason for this? Robert H. 1989 C&C 30 MKII _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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