[C320-list] Clanging in-mast furling after removing mainsail for winter

[Jeffrey Hare]

Hi,

One way is to take a strip of carpet (roughly: ~20" x ~12" ?) looped around
the furler. Leave both ends sticking out the slot, tied or taped together.

Push it ~15' or so up the mast using a pole or halyard.  Keep a downhaul
line on it so you can pull 
it back down in the spring.  That should dampen the banging, but experiment
a little.

-Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Richard Smith
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:21 PM
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Clanging in-mast furling after removing mainsail for
winter

Hi folks- This is my first winter with my in-mast furling 320.  By the way,
I love it!  
 
However, I recently took the mainsail off for winter storage and now the
mast is making a loud clanging sound which seems to be the long spool that
the sail usually wraps around inside the mast.  I would like to store the
boat mast up...Is there anyway to reduce or eliminate this clanging?
 
As I was driving home tonight I got to thinking that maybe I need to attach
a pilot line to the little puck-like disc that the head of the sail and the
halyard connect to and then raise the puck to the top of the mast with the
pilot line hanging down so that I can retrieve it back down the mast in the
spring.  Does that make any sense?  Will it help?
 
Thanks!
Rich.

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