get two buddies and the three of you carry it down to the boat with one person about 6' form the head and another carrying the drumb and you in the middle. I am a rigger and install about 50 of these twice a year as we store furlers separated from the mast when we unstep rigs and step rigs. Do not fear bending the foil a little. It can take it. Haul it aboard using a halyard tied about a foot below the top of the furler. In a message dated 7/11/2009 3:12:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Too late for that now. Besides, I've already dropped too many tiny, expensive boat parts overboard. The forestay had to be shortened by about 6 inches and I just wasn't equipped for all the careful measuring and cutting required while it was on the boat. Lee Scott --- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , Brandon Snider <richardbrandonsnidrichar> wrote: > > I've never installed a furler but I've taken them down, seems to be easier > to put them together at the boat while you instal it on forestay. But as I > said I've no experience with this, just a thought. Brandon > > On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Clyde Thorington <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Three ten foot long sections (overlapped) of 2 x 2"s ductaped together? > > Enough guys > > use 2 x 4's? Just wild eyed guess. > > > > > > Clyde Thorington > > ex C27 now C30 > > San Jose, CA > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 7/11/09, Lee Scott <lsc...@... <lscott%40oldjags.lsc>> > > wrote: > > > > From: Lee Scott <lsc...@... <lscott%40oldjags.lsc>> > > Subject: [IC27A] Protecting foil during installation > > To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) <IC27A%40yahoogroupIC27A> > > Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 10:48 AM > > > > I've just finished assembling my new Harken roller furler, and now I need > > to carry it down to the dock, get it on the boat and attach it to the mast. > > > > How in hell do you move a floppy 36' long piece of aluminum without bending > > it and ruining it in the process? Once I get it strapped to the mast, it'll > > probably be OK. Getting it on the boat without kinking the foil is going to > > be a problem. > > > > Lee Scott > > '87 C-27 #6350 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > Richard "Brandon" Snider > 843-616-3124 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823300x1201398714/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= JulystepsfooterNO62) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
