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Old 05-13-2008
Marunio Marunio is offline
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Originally Posted by sailingfool View Post
Your furling system needs regular checking to see nothing has worked lose. You should have 5 turns still on the unit even when you have your largest sail extended - if you have those turns it really doesn't matter how the end of the line is attached, very little load will reach the end. The Furlex 300 manual recommends starting with 30 turns.
SF: Thanks for the tip. It makes perfect sense now. Back then it was overlooked as we rushed to take her home...
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