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Catalina Forestay Woes
On the Hood 810 your best bet is to remove the existing rivets from the foil and dis-assemble the foil. Bring the headstay to a rigger to be replaced and then get new rivets from Hood and rebuild the foil. If you remain organised it is not hard.
The key is to prevent the HALYARD from wrapping around your headstay when furling. That is why the top was unwound and it will happen again and ruin the new headstay.
There are a variety of fixes for that problem. Ask the folks at Hood what to do and they will probably be able to fax you an illustration. I had the same set up on my C-30 #91.
--Kevin
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