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[Scott Thompson]

You need to carefully check the lead angle.  The lead should be 
perpendicular to the drum and straight into the middle while you are 
unfurling the sail.  You need to check it in actual use, not just 
sitting at the dock.  Most likely you need to move the last block lower 
still, or further forward, or both.  Where is yours attached?  In 
looking at various pictures on the web site, it appears that there is 
not necessarily any uniformity in how dealers or owners have set up the 
furler turning blocks.

One general trick for "piling up" that I haven't tried, but that has 
been suggested to me, is to remove the core from the first part of the 
furling line that sits on the drum.  This part of the line shouldn't 
come into play except when the sail is completely furled so that you are 
only winding the jib sheet around the furled sail, so it doesn't have to 
be as strong.  When the sail is deployed it is covered by many turns of 
line that take most of the load.  By removing the core you can get those 
first turns on the drum to lie flatter, leaving more room for the rest 
of the line.  Of course this will not solve your problem if the issue is 
piling at the top of the drum rather than piling up more generally.

If I were to try this trick, I would taper the core so that I didn't end 
up with a hard spot in the line at the transition, and I would stitch 
through the transitional area to keep the end of the core in place 
inside the cover.)

Scott Thompson

hcreech at comcast.net wrote:
> I'm getting Cloud Chaser ready for her 8th season, hard to believe.  it's also amazing how good she looks for that period of time.
> Last season I fougt with the roller furling line piling at the top of the drum.  I tried everything, called Sheaffer for suggestions. I lowered the block all the way to the deck, adjusted headstay and backstay tension. Although it did not eliminated the problem it did get better, it piles up at the very end if I'm careful to keep tension on the line.  With no tension it piles up immediately.
> My question is, what's the answer?  I think it is headstay tension but I don't have a clue as to how to judge the proper tension.  If anyone knows the answer please share it with me, I don't want to go through another year of experimentation.
> 
> Thanks,
> Herb Creech
> Cloud Chaser #606
> 
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