[C320-list] Replacing old Hood Jib Furler

[Bruce Heyman]

Jeff,
Rains are not due hear for a couple more weeks....but we do have enough
fresh water in the tap thanks to the very generous folks in Colorado.
My experience with the Hood furler is that if you don't relive all of the
halyard tension when you are not sailing the main bearings will fail fairly
quickly.  Once they fail the only way to deploy and put the sail away is
with a winch, or crew with no neck.  I also found that it worked better if
you deployed the sail with the halyard just tight enough to take the weight
of the sail and the foil of the drum and then tighten the halyard once the
sail is out.

I found main bearing replacements at Costa Mesa Bearing and usually bought a
couple at a time for about 80 bucks.  Not the easiest thing to replace as
you often have to cut the remains of the bearing out of the hub with
grinders.  Once the new bearing is in it is like you have a brand new furler
and still have your couple of boat bucks left.

Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hare
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:20 PM
To: 'C320-List'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Replacing old Hood Jib Furler

Although,  there *is* some maint. requred for proper operation.   :)  

Funny story, Dick, perhaps you should stroll over and take a sail on
Intuition.  :)

During the regatta this year, racing on Intuition, with a good breeze, John
Mesa, Shelly and I didn't have enough combined strength to unfurl the genoa
*with the wind on the beam* without putting the genoa sheets on the winch
and winching out the sail the whole way.  And no... It wasn't jammed, just
needed maint..  The halyard wasn't too tight, but obviously there was some
other problem.

Nancy said "it's always like that, you mean that's not normal?  Well, my
husband's responsible for that stuff.".   :)   

... And we still came in 2nd. :)

So... Don't forget to flush it out with fresh water after an energetic salt
water sail...  Maybe you guys in SoCal just don’t get enough rain.. :)

-JeffH



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard A. Walker [mailto:dickwalker at att.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 8:04 PM
To: bruceheyman at cox.net; 'C320-List'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Replacing old Hood Jib Furler

The Schaefer 2100 on my boat is fine, no maintenance.

Cheers,
 
Dick and Jauhree Walker
740 Olive Ave.
Coronado, CA 92118-2136
619.435.8986



-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of bruceheyman at cox.net
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:12 PM
To: argates2nd at earthlink.net; C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Replacing old Hood Jib Furler

Rollie,
Practical Sailor did a nice overview on furlers last year, was a good read.
Hood offers 50% discount on tade in.  If I had kept the Sabre I would have
gone with the Seafurl V.  Would have cost about $1100 including new forestay
and fittings.
Bruce
Somerset SoCal 671
Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless  

-----Original Message-----
From: "Arthur Gates" <argates2nd at earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:45:35
To:"C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Subject: [C320-list] Replacing old Hood Jib Furler

The leading choices seem to be Schaefer at about $3,200 or the new Harkin
system with a simplified drum and turnbuckle system at about $2000 -- both
plus installation.
Does anyone have experience with the new Harkin system or other input?

Thanks, Rollie  #182