[C38] furler tension and binding
D. R. Strong
drstrong at ucdavis.edu
Mon Aug 27 13:05:11 EDT 2007
Dear Rob: Backstay or headstay (ie furler halyard) tension causes our
Harken to jam. I simply release the backstay tension and the Harken
works perfectly.
Don Strong,
Discreet Charm
Alden Andre wrote:
> We have a harken on fly bye. I don't have a halyard stop installed but did
> on my 30. what we have found racing is that a lot of tension on the halyard
> it is hard to furl and jams. We loosen the tension and it furls easy. We are
> constantly changing the tension when racing so at the end of the day we just
> unload the tension. I found this true also on the 30 before I put the
> halyard stop on. I wont put the stop on the 38 since we use two jib halyards
> and use both tracks in the foil for sail changes. Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Alden Andre
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> Clifford Development Group
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> From: Rob Cornelsen <robcornelsen at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [C38] ROLLER FURLER
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> Charles,
>
> What model Profurl do you have?
>
> I local riggor talked me into replacing my original
> Profurl RC42? with a Furlex 200s. It constantly binds
> up and finally broke when furled up in a thunderstorm
> furling line pulled right out of the drum.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob Cornelsen
>
> Dead Calm #223
>
>
> --- Charles <charles at finn.ws> wrote:
>
>
>> As my son Anders commented, we installed Profurl and
>> have been quite
>> happy about it. It is true that the sections are
>> fastened together with
>> set screws, but if you use setting cement supplied
>> they will not work
>> loose. Plus, you can make adjustments to length,
>> etc. without having
>> to drill. I flew a 165% headsail for two years with
>> lots of stress with
>> no problem. I also like that I retain my headstay
>> as it is oversized on
>> my boat. Installation took about 4 hours for two of
>> us (reading the
>> instructions).
>>
>> Charles Finn
>> Mighty Quinn, #114
>>
>> Rick Swensson wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Harken on "Rascal" and we've won plenty
>>>
>> of races with it.
>>
>>> Also it's simple but not too cheap. Keep it lubed
>>>
>> for easy use.
>>
>>>
>>> Rick Swensson
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:08 AM
>>> *Subject:* [C38] ROLLER FURLER
>>>
>>> Any thoughts or replacing worn out jib roller
>>>
>> furler for Catalina 38?
>>
>>> i.e. is one brand more reliable than another?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
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> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:05:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: William Knowles <william_k_19810 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [C38] ROLLER FURLER
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> Rob I just put a Furlex on our boat and it works
> great. But here is an eye strap at the top of your
> mast that holds the halyard down Lots of installers
> leave this part off as they feel it is not needed. It
> is and it keeps the halyard from jamming the unit
> when furled. Harken makes a strap also I recommend you
> put it on any system you choose if it doesn't have
> one.
> Bill
> --- Rob Cornelsen <robcornelsen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Charles,
>>
>> What model Profurl do you have?
>>
>> I local riggor talked me into replacing my original
>> Profurl RC42? with a Furlex 200s. It constantly
>> binds
>> up and finally broke when furled up in a
>> thunderstorm
>> furling line pulled right out of the drum.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rob Cornelsen
>>
>> Dead Calm #223
>>
>>
>> --- Charles <charles at finn.ws> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> As my son Anders commented, we installed Profurl
>>>
>> and
>>
>>> have been quite
>>> happy about it. It is true that the sections are
>>> fastened together with
>>> set screws, but if you use setting cement supplied
>>> they will not work
>>> loose. Plus, you can make adjustments to length,
>>> etc. without having
>>> to drill. I flew a 165% headsail for two years
>>>
>> with
>>
>>> lots of stress with
>>> no problem. I also like that I retain my headstay
>>> as it is oversized on
>>> my boat. Installation took about 4 hours for two
>>>
>> of
>>
>>> us (reading the
>>> instructions).
>>>
>>> Charles Finn
>>> Mighty Quinn, #114
>>>
>>> Rick Swensson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Harken on "Rascal" and we've won plenty
>>>>
>>> of races with it.
>>>
>>>> Also it's simple but not too cheap. Keep it
>>>>
>> lubed
>>
>>> for easy use.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rick Swensson
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> *From:* Patrick Harpole
>>>>
>>> <mailto:1derful at comcast.net>
>>>
>>>> *To:* Listserve at catalina38.org
>>>>
>>> <mailto:Listserve at catalina38.org>
>>>
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:08 AM
>>>> *Subject:* [C38] ROLLER FURLER
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts or replacing worn out jib
>>>>
>> roller
>>
>>> furler for Catalina 38?
>>>
>>>> i.e. is one brand more reliable than
>>>>
>> another?
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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