Two great tips - I’ll add - and chuck previously wrote up something similar on apparently free running sheaves binding under load.
My harken furler would sometimes jam under load. The halyard wasn’t wrapping, the top swivel would spin quite freely when checked, and I was dumbfounded. This was a dangerous problem as I singlehand a lot and it seemed to bind at really inopportune times. For whatever reason it occurred to me to seriously clean, flush and lube the swivel. I was surprised to see a significant improvement. 35 years old and the thing now spins as if frictionless. Haven’t had a problem since. Dave 33-2 Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2021, at 8:15 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Great tip. > > And if you have a Harken furler, you should thoroughly flush the drum and > swivel. Just like a Harken traveler car, flush from different angles to be > sure you clean it. > > And while your genoa is down, saturate your telltales with McLube so they > don't stick to the sail. I was doing that last week when a long time racer > walked by and was surprised at what I was doing. I asked him if his > telltales stuck to his sail. He said "yes". Well, duh. > > I clean, flush and lube all Touche's running rigging hardware every spring. > Don't forget to flush your rope clutches. Especially Lewmar ring style > clutches. Flip the lever to the open (unlock) position and flush away. > You'll be surprised at how much junk and lint from the line covers you flush > out. > > -- > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > >> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 6:56 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just thought I'd share a tip that saved me $60 in parts. Many of you >> probably already knew this, but I learned today, I've been doing something >> wrong for fifteen years. >> >> I've always flushed the Harken traveller car and all the sheaves from above >> but today I learned, that wasn't doing the job. My traveller car didn't >> roll smoothly and made grinding noises. I thought the balls were >> deteriorated. I have the whole thing home while refitting my boat and I >> could set the traveller beam and car upside down on a pair of horses and >> really clean it good. Flushing the balls from above has been a waste of >> time. The balls can only be seen through slots in the car from underneath. >> >> >> >> Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute, 1989 C&C 34R >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with >> the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - >> Stu > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
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