[C320-list] Furling Woes

[Jeff Hare]

Hi Joe,

The things that come to mind right away are (first off what Dave said below).

1. Maybe you don't have enough wraps of furling line on the drum.  
2. If you can't get more line on the drum without it being too full, perhaps the line is incorrectly sized
3. The furling line has too much stretch in it.  Need a very strong, thin, low stretch line for this application.
4. When furling in high wind or with a lot of wind load, the sail will wrap much more tightly and require more turns so you need to allow a minimum of 10 extra turns on the drum to account for a tight wrap and to wrap the genoa lines around 3 or 4 times to secure the sail.

When we furl our sail in heavy wind, we always have a few wraps of genoa line around the sail and then still have a couple wraps left on the drum.

-Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of hoopdtwo
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Furling Woes

Maybe you don't  have enough turns of furler line on the furler drum to start with? The drum would stop turning when you try to furl the sail if you have pulled all the line out of the drum.Dave Hupe94 Cat320 (#32)Holland, MISent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Joe Geiger <joe.geiger at gmail.com> Date: 6/24/19  10:39 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: C320-List at Catalina320.com Subject: [C320-list] Furling Woes This is our first season with our 2000 C320 and also the first boat I’ve owned with a roller furling headsail. My boat has the Schaeffer 2100 and I find it very difficult to furl it without having any of the sail showing. I’ve tried furling upwind, downwind, on a beam reach but I have only once been able to furl it where The sacrificial fabric covers the entire length of the furled sail. Ironically I did this by myself on the mooring. My wife has kept tension on the jibsheet when we furl and we got pretty close but there was still a bit of white showing.Any recommendations on the best way to furl and not show any white from the sail?Joe--Joe GeigerVega #722Greenwich Cove, RI