[C320-list] Fore Stay Furling Gear

[McCullough, Kirk]

I have the Hood Furler on Boomerang. It is sized ok for my 135, but with
extra capacity. Its not the best unit on the market, but it has worked
well for us since 1998 when we bought the boat. 

I replaced all the fairleads with modern roller bearing fittings last
year.

I never leave the jib on the furler over winter, I see so many get
shredding in our marina when owners leave them on.

Kirk L. McCullough
Boomerang #124

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Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fore Stay Furling Gear

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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