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

[Brian/Carol McLamb]

Hello Robert,  Our 2006 has the in mast furler and I had this happen once
last season.  Like you I tried to slowly apply winch and also tug on out
haul.  Once I retentioned the main halyard to stretch it further towards top
of mast it worked smoothly.  This is a temporary fix, and I am sure that the
re-cutting would be a more satisfactory and permanent solution.

BJ s/v Serenity #1075

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Robert Seastream <
robert.seastream at comcast.net> wrote:

> All:
>
> 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?
>
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
>