[C38] Seafurl grease

[dmills3 at comcast.net]

Steve, I think it would be impossible to have set screws into the forestay. The whole forestay doesn't spin when you furl up the sail, only the furler. I just put my drum back on and had to lift (slide) the foil of furler whatever you want to call it, up about an inch to get the drum in the correct position. It does slide up and down. 

Maybe you have to take the whole system off and lay it on the ground to see how it comes apart. Maybe it slides up from the turnbuckle at the bottom and bottoms out at the top. 

Dan #108  



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Ribble" <steve.ribble at gmail.com> 
To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org> 
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:21:41 PM 
Subject: Re: [C38] Seafurl grease 

Well, Tittravate hit the water yesterday...yay! However, Tuesday my rigger and I discovered the forestay was bird caged at the top...so I need to replace the forestay. We thought we could slide the old stay out of the [original Hood] furler but apparently each of the furler sections has set screws into the stay, so we need to take it apart.  A new stay wasn't in the budget, (my refit to add the rigid vang and lead all the mainsail controls to the cockpit came out well but tripled that budget when it was all said and done) but it needs to be done.  What I'm worried about is that the screws are going to be seized and I'll end up needing a new furler...and that's definitely not in the budget. 


So my question is, has anyone taken the hood Seafurl apart? And, how did it go and is there any advice from having done it?  Any help would be extremely appreciated.  




Steve Ribble 207/852-0971 

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