FWIW, My Harken MkIII top swivel can not get clear of the feeder unless I remove the SS feeder, lower the swivel, and reinstall the feeder to allow me to feed the luff tape into the groove. No problem at the dock but difficult on a pitching foredeck.
If the wind picks up so much I need to change the headsail, I usually furl the headsail and sail with just the main. I blade it out with halyard, cunningham, outhaul, backstay, vang, and mainsheet. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > On May 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM Josh Muckley via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Those look like they'll work fine. If you're not using a swivel shackle > the only thing that you have to pay attention to is the potential for > twisting of the sail foot. That's never been a problem for me since I'm not > racing. I can take the time to raise the sail and then attach the tack once > a clear and straight line can be seen. I love the engineering and > consideration that goes into Selden products. > > How often are you changing sails on your furler? > If you are racing and need to do quick sail changes why rig the furler at > all? Couldn't you just leave the swivel at the bottom? Attach the head > directly to the halyard and the tack would be attached to the normal location > on the furler drum. I'm pretty sure most furlers will still give access to > both furler grooves with the swivel down. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Sat, May 19, 2018, 5:54 AM David Knecht via CnC-List > <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > Aries is due to splash on Monday and spring projects are > mostly done. One thing I have not yet done is replace the standard shackles > on the Harken furler top and bottom units with snap shackles to make head and > tack attachment during sail change easier. I have been looking at shackles > to decide what to use and the standard seems to be swivel snap shackles. > However, I also came across these non-swivel snap shackles that are much less > expensive and seem like they might be suitable. My question is whether there > is any need to use a swivel shackle in this application? Since the drum at > the top and bottom can both rotate, I can’t see why you would need a swivel > on the shackle itself. I was thinking about something like these and would > appreciate the group's thoughts: > > > > > > https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1%7C2259973%7C2260013%7C2260026&id=1943639 > > > > https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1%7C2259973%7C2260013%7C2260026&id=1943639 > > > > or > > > > https://www.mauriprosailing.com/us/product/SEL40604001R.html > > > > Aries > > 1990 C&C 34+ > > New London, CT > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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