[C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower

[Robert Seastream]

I agree with the points you make, but the problems some of us are  
having is with installing (raising) the mainsail at spring  
commissioning, not with furling/unfurling the main during sailing.  In  
our case, the 'swivel block', which the head of the sail attaches to,  
is binding where it passes the spreaders as it travels up the mast  
when you feed the luff bead into the track in the furling foil.   
Combined with the weight of the sail, it's nearly impossible to raise  
fully.  I was more concerned with snapping the main halyard, rather  
than a mast failure.  I recently posted that I've spoken with a  
Charleston tech rep who asked me to send the swivel block to them.   
Lastly, I'm not after freebies; I just want it to work.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906

On Oct 28, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Richard A. Walker wrote:

> MY two cents.
>
> I have not had any problems with the CS product.  However you can  
> have a
> problem if the boom is too for below horizontal when you furl or  
> unfurl.  I
> keep WindWalker II at 80 degrees.  Also too much tension on the mail  
> halyard
> can cause too much friction and make the job very hard.  Also it is
> important to come in the wind.
>
> Some of the problems have been caused by a poor commissioning at the  
> time
> the boat was new.
>
> Gerry Douglas told me that we ordered the first C-320 with the  
> furling main.
> This was 9 years ago.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dick Walker
> C-320 (687) WindWalker II
> 740 Olive Ave.
> Coronado, CA 92118-2136
> 619.435.8986
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of  
> Henderson,
> David
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:06 PM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower
>
> Bob, Absolutely.  Feel free to contact me at my e-mail address  
> below.  I
> agree that our mutual furling mast problem is likely not of great
> interest to most of the readership; however, once again, if anyone  
> else
> has experienced this issue, we'd sure appreciate knowing about it.
>
> If anything comes of this that I think would be of interest to the
> general list membership, I will report back to the list.
>
> Dave Henderson
> Dottie B    #1049
>
> dhender at allstate.com
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> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:00:07 -0400
> From: Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower
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> Dave:
>
> You've probably already seen my recent posting, referencing my
> conversation with a Charleston Spar tech rep.
> Going forward, may I contact you off list?  I don't want to burden
> list members with this issue which may not concern them.
>
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
>
>