[C320-list] Fore Stay Furling Gear

[Pat Moriarty]

I thought it was called a becket but a single and cam or Harken 
single w/150 cam & becket #188 is basically what I have. You pull the 
furling line like the main sheet and lock it down, then there is also 
the cleat to make a positive line hold.

Pat


At 09:25 AM 5/5/2006, you wrote:
>I did note that but didn't know what you meant by it, hence my qualifier
>"can be" instead of "is."  None of the definitions of the word "becket"
>that I know have anything to do with the furling gear on my boat.  What
>exactly did you move forward and how does this let you safely leave the
>furling line slack?
>
>
>Pat Moriarty wrote:
> > Note I said move becket forward.
> >
> > At 07:36 AM 5/5/2006, you wrote:
> >> It can be a very bad idea to leave slack in the furling line since this
> >> could let the sail start to unfurl in high winds.  And once it starts to
> >> unfurl in a breeze, major damage can follow.  A boat in Annapolis
> >> suffered major damage in a microburst via this mechanism not too long
> >> ago.  It was out of the water and blew over on its side.  If you leave
> >> slack in the furling line it's very important that you secure the sail
> >> some other way so it can't unfurl at all.
> >>
> >> I'm thinking that the main problem with switching the lead to the
> >> starboard side is that the furling line will then cross the anchor rode.
> >>   I wouldn't want to get those tangled even a little bit.  I saw a
> >> Catalina (can't recall which model) at the Annapolis Boat show a few
> >> years ago that had the furling line make two 90 degree bends immediately
> >> aft of the anchor locker to route it to the starboard side of the
> >> deckhouse without crossing the Anchor.  Both bends were led through
> >> fairleads only, with no turning blocks.  Why Catalina did this, I don't
> >> know, but it seemed like an incredibly bad idea to add all of that
> >> friction in a critical, high load control line.  Plus it created a
> >> tripping hazard on the foredeck.  I'm far more worried about tripping
> >> hazards while I am sailing than ones I have to worry about only 
> at the dock.
> >>
> >>
> >> Pat Moriarty wrote:
> >>> Sounds good to switch but you will have the sail cover on the wrong
> >>> side of the sail. You can do like I did and move the becket to the
> >>> stanchion in front of the walk thru then let the loose line hang over
> >>> the side a little out of tripping range.
> >>>
> >>> Pat #130
> >>>
> >>> At 09:53 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote:
> >>>> This year (just launched) I dock to port (bow in).  I board the
> >> boat from a
> >>>> dock finger into the cockpit on the port side and have a tripping hazard
> >>>> which is a line for the furling gear.  It's only a matter of time before
> >>>> someone goes into the lake when coming in docking.  Can the furling be
> >>>> configured to the line can run to starboard instead of 
> port?  Do I have to
> >>>> replace the drum or is it reversible?
> >>>>
> >>>> Quentin Murphy
> >>>> Celtic Knot  #667
> >>>>
> >>>>
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