Hood Line rolling furling foil repair

mjname · #1 (**permalink**) 11-05-2006

Does anyone know of a company that may still deal in these? My halyard got twisted up in the forstay and the whole thing came down, everything looks OK except of course the forestay and I broke a foil link, the part that connects on section of foil to the next.

If I have to replace the entire system I will probably just go to a hanked on sytem and a used sail for a while. I ultimately would like to repair the rolling furling without spending a lot of money.

Thanks
Matthew

pigslo · #2 (**permalink**) 11-05-2006

Perhaps post a wanted with a picture to identify the foil here and other sailing sites. There is someone out there that has upgraded to a newer system and would part with the old one cheap.

mjname · #3 (**permalink**) 11-05-2006

thanks thats a great idea. I will try to get calipers too so I can do exact measurements.

sailingdog · #4 (**permalink**) 11-05-2006

It would help to also get an exact make/model/size of the furling unit in question.

BarryL · #5 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006

How about these guys:

http://www.hoodyachtsystems.com/

Good luck,
barry

wescarroll · #6 (**permalink**) 11-11-2006

pompannett is the company that owns hood now. I purchased a 707 furrler a couple of years ago, and they were who I had to contact for an extra length of foil. You should be able to google them.