Also a good idea to flush the drum assembly with fresh water on a regular basis.
Little bit of gunk = lotta hassle! Mark, "Gratis" (6115) NOLA From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of leroy.sailorman Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Re: Furler Frankly Frustrating --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , "Phil Agur" <pja...@...> wrote: > Ditto on defective fairlead. i had a broken fairlead for the furling line which made it next to impossible to furl the sail due to the increased friction, easy fix//leroy > 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:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > radkins3885 > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:41 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > 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" > <dsavlin@> 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? > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
