halyard wire wraps around the furling track

[anderbra]

Recently I had the furling gear replaced on my boat. The installer used all the same old attachment points for the new Furlex, thou he replaced all the necessary parts.

One of the genoas that came with the boat is short, so the halyard runs about 4 ft (1.2m) along the furling track. This reduces substatially that 15 degrees required between halyard and stay/furling track, at the top of the mast.

The problem I'm having now is that the halyard wire wraps around the furling track making it impossible to furl the sail. However, before the furling gear replacement, I never had any trouble with the same set up.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the problem other than replacing the sail.

Thank you in advance for any help.

[sailingdog]

Add a pennant to the tack of the sail. That will allow you to hoist it higher, and reduce the chance of halyard wraps occurring.

[knothead]

Originally Posted by anderbra

Recently I had the furling gear replaced on my boat. The installer used all the same old attachment points for the new Furlex, thou he replaced all the necessary parts.

One of the genoas that came with the boat is short, so the halyard runs about 4 ft (1.2m) along the furling track. This reduces substatially that 15 degrees required between halyard and stay/furling track, at the top of the mast.

The problem I'm having now is that the halyard wire wraps around the furling track making it impossible to furl the sail. However, before the furling gear replacement, I never had any trouble with the same set up.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix the problem other than replacing the sail.

Thank you in advance for any help.

This thread covers the subject.
keep us posted on your progress.http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-m...ghlight=swivel

[beej67]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Add a pennant to the tack of the sail. That will allow you to hoist it higher, and reduce the chance of halyard wraps occurring.

This is what I did, although maybe my terminology is lacking here. (pennant?) Basically, detach the tack of the sail, hoist it higher, then tie a short section of good halyard line between the tack and the connection point on your furler. I think people in the other thread linked above recommend making one out of wire or lifeline, but any good quality braided line should work in a pinch.

[sailingdog]

A pennant is a short line, usually made of wire for low stretch, high durability, that allows you to hoist the sail higher than it would normally be hoisted. It is more reliable to have a wire pennant than to use a piece of line, due to the wear and tear that a pennant tends to get.

[anderbra]

I considered hoisting the sail higher; however what is puzzling me is the fact that with my old furler, this wasn't necessary at all.The sail worked fine with the tack attached without the penant.

[EO32]

Sounds like a place for Dyneema line.

[knothead]

Hey SD. I copied a link from another thread and it didn't seem to work like I thought it would.
It looks like this...


http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-m...ghlight=swivel


I was trying to put something there that could be clicked on. What did I do wrong?


Never mind, I think I figured it out. I needed to press enter a couple of times before I pasted it. Go figure.

Steve


Well that didn't seem to work either.
Though it did when I previewed. Now I can't click on it.
This is weird.

[knothead]

Originally Posted by anderbra

I considered hoisting the sail higher; however what is puzzling me is the fact that with my old furler, this wasn't necessary at all.The sail worked fine with the tack attached without the penant.

Anderbra, Do you remember the type of furler your old one was?
Some furlers have a internal halyard.
They don't need to have the upper swivel and a regular halyard because the halyard is internal to the system.
Halyard wrap is not a problem.
Most of the CDI furlers and the Famet are among this type.

Steve

[SailorMitch]

you can try increasing the halyard tension as well. that may work, althouhg the pennnant idea has a higher percentage of success.