Rob,
Until you know otherwise I would take this as an indication of a more
serious problem. I'm use to hearing about furling problems rather than
un-furling but why not.
* It could be a forestay that has fractured inside the extrusion.
If that's a split drum harken take the drum off and look for
debris.
* It could also be a halyard rubbing on the top of the extrusion.
Their might be a need for a halyard restrainer (seem my tech ref
photos) or
The block for spinnaker halyard is just flipped weird and the
halyard is being routed in contact.
* The cheapest problem would be a defective fairlead a long the furl line
routing, so un-feed the line and deploy the sail on a calm day at the dock.
Phil Agur
<http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip
C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
radkins3885
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [IC27A] Re: Furler Frankly Frustrating
mine is a harken single line (non-closed loop) model with a big drum.
--- In ic...@yahoogroups. <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> com, "dsavlin"
<dsav...@...> wrote:
>
>
> Rob -- what kind of furler do you have? That would help us give advice
> greatly.
>
> My primary thought is: Do you have a "closed loop" furler, where the
> line running from the furler to the cockpit is a continuous loop, or one
> that has a huge drum for single line furling?
>
> On my boat, we have a Hood Systems closed loop furler. We find it much
> easier to unfurl if we release the furling line (loop) so there's no
> tension on the line, then we resecure it to the cleat after unfurling.
>
> This year, we had a problem with furling in high winds, and wrapped the
> halyard, resulting in cutting it off completely. We had to resort to
> using our spinnaker halyard for the genoa. Since then we've adopted
> always turning into the wind under motor power to furl the headsail (and
> the mains'l) to reduce pressure.
>
> David
> Persephone, hull #6480
>
>
> --- In ic...@yahoogroups. <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> com,
"radkins3885" <robadkins@> wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > i love this group. so responsive and caring, it's awesome. ok so my
> furler is resistant to un-fruling, much like i am about getting up in
> the morning, so i have to go go forward and forcefully finesse the final
> turn or two before the jib's finally fully un-furled. so fill me in
> friends. is there a lube-able part to this fairly frank fixture i should
> fiddle with? frappacino anyone?
> >
>
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