[C320-list] Furler Direction Change

[pat reynolds]

No, mine works fine
--- Jeff Church <jjemail at comcast.net> wrote:

> Wouldn't you have to run the furling line down the
> opposite side of the boat in order to have it enter
> the drum at the correct angle?
> 
> JeffC
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: pat reynolds 
>   To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:08 PM
>   Subject: Re: [C320-list] Furler Direction Change
> 
> 
>   Furler will go both ways.
> 
>   Pat R
>   --- Amirault Family - S&B <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
>   wrote:
> 
>   > Bear is packed away for the interminable
> Canadian
>   > winter and so I need to
>   > turn to those with a greater than single season
>   > relationship with their 320
>   > for furler information.
>   > 
>   >  
>   > 
>   > I have ordered a new 135% headsail from Doyle,
> and
>   > they have the original
>   > 150% for repair. The loft reports that there is
> a
>   > disjunct between how I
>   > claim the boat works and what the loft has
> found.
>   > According to the repair
>   > people, the 150% is showing multi-year
> deterioration
>   > because although the
>   > Dacron UV strip is on the starboard side of the
>   > sail, the furler has been
>   > rolling clockwise for some years; leaving the
> port
>   > side of the sail exposed
>   > and the UV strip safely protected from the sun. 
> I
>   > had ordered the 135% with
>   > a starboard UV.
>   > 
>   >  
>   > 
>   > The loft is telling me that the UV for the new
> sail
>   > is not yet installed and
>   > they have a hold on it until I make a decision.
>   > Changing the UV to port will
>   > protect the new sail, but the 150% will continue
> to
>   > deteriorate when left on
>   > the foil. I could also pay to have the old UV
>   > removed from the 150% and have
>   > a new one installed on the port side.
>   > 
>   >  
>   > 
>   > The question: Can the Schaefer furling system be
>   > modified in place to roll
>   > up counter clockwise? This would allow the UV on
> the
>   > 150% to finally begin
>   > doing its job and I could tell Doyle to go ahead
> and
>   > install the UV for the
>   > 135% on the starboard side. This is the least
>   > expensive solution, if
>   > possible. 
>   > 
>   >  
>   > 
>   > With appreciation in advance for any insight
>   > provided;
>   > 
>   >  
>   > 
>   > Brian Amirault
>   > 
>   > 797 Waltzing Bear, too
>   > 
>   > 
> 
> 
> 
>        
>
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