[C320-list] Fwd: New topic...jammed main roller furler on 2002

[John Frost]

One advantage of in mast vs in boom is you don't have to lift the weight of the sail with in mast. That goes to Barb's "Geriatric Sailing" observation. The 46' cat I am leaving in Tortolla today took 3 men to raise the sail comfortably. Not a problem for 4 couples, but would be for 1 couple.


Of course in boom is easier to batten and I assume can be lowered even if jammed. Like most of life, every thing has it's pluses and minuses.

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John

On May 22, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Len <aqua5len at gmail.com> wrote:

> TIME TO THINK ABOUT IN-BOOM FURLING.
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> LEN
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> MARINA DEL REY
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> Date: Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] New topic...jammed main roller furler on 2002
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> This has probably happened to everyone who has in-mast furling. I have had
> luck pulling the sail out as far as possible without breaking anything, then
> re-rolling it into the mast with tension on the outhaul then  rapidly
> pulling the outhaul. It may take many cycles but I have always had this work
> and not damage anything. Just keep working it in and out.
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> Bill
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> From: Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 6:19 pm
> Subject: [C320-list] New topic...jammed main roller furler on 2002
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> All:
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> We put our sails on today.  The wind kicked up as we were securing the
> main outhaul in preparation to furling the main, so we decided to furl
> it with my wife on the furling line and me just holding the clew and
> 'walking' it in, then attaching the outhaul later.  Unfortunately,
> this apparently furled it rather loosely, so that on trying to unfurl,
> some of the sailcloth folds on itself and binds in the gate in the
> mast to the furler, stopping things.  I don't think it's wrapped on
> itself beneath the outer folds.  Tried to winch it out, no good.
> Didn't want to force it, fearing breaking the car for the outhaul on
> the boom, or something worse.  Going to try tomorrow by attaching a
> line to the clew and then directly to one of the jib winches, along
> with liberal application of Sailkote along the gate.  If that fails,
> I'll have to invoke the yard rigger.  Anyone else ever suffer this
> folly or other such jamming?
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> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
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