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

[Barbara Uhlman]

That happened to us once last year also.  I worked the outhaul on the winch 
while Bob and another man pulled gently but firmly on first the clew and then 
the leech.  Back and forth, outhaul and clew/leech.  Eventually, we got it out 
without damage to the sail, but we were plenty worried for awhile.  We 
too determined that it had been furled loosely.  Furling sails are great, but 
you must pay close attention to tension on all lines while furling/unfurling.

Barb Uhlman
Whisper, #1158




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From: Brian/Carol McLamb <bjcnmclamb at gmail.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 9:24:04 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] New topic...jammed main roller furler on 2002

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
>