[C320-list] Fore Stay Furling Gear

[Pat Moriarty]

I am with you on the drums. The stripped line is ok for a 135 but 
what do you do for the 155. I would also like to have a little extra 
to wrap the sheets a few extra turns.

Pat
#130

At 01:32 PM 5/11/2006, you wrote:
>On our 1994, we have the Hood furling system.  It is easy to change 
>the line feed to stbd.  Under the drum, there are 3 nylon 
>screws.  When you remove these, the drum cover can be rotated to 
>stbd.  There are several sets of threaded holes under the drum so it 
>can be screwed in-place in different positions.  (Boy, it's scary 
>working under the drum whist in the water.)
>
>While on the subject, I, too, had trouble feeding the line smartly 
>into the drum.  I don't know how the PO put up with it for 10 
>yrs.  The solution was two fold.  1) I moved the fwd fairlead to the 
>first verticle part on the bow sprit just inches from the entrance 
>to the drum.  It was the only way I could get the 90 deg angle 
>needed to feed the line properly; 2) the line (which is cored for 
>about 1/3 of it's length,) had a twist that got into the drum 
>reducing the amount of line that would fit on the drum.  This 
>winter, I washed the line and would it on a drum made of two large 
>diameter coffee cans.  I left it wound all winter.  Now, the cored 
>part lays flat on the drum and feeds in smartly winding up and down 
>the drum as it should as long as I keep a little tension on the line 
>while winding.
>
>I don't know why mfgrs design these furling drums to exactly hold 
>the correct amount of NEW line in perfect condition.  I think some 
>of the large or open drums make more sense.
>
>Warren & Pattie Updike
>C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
>Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
>Chesapeake Bay
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