I have a furling jib and in-mast furling main on my Beneteau 343. I am in the process of winterizing the boat. What is the best practice to winterize furling jib and main? Thank you. Paul
I was under the impression that Harken recommends fresh water flushing rather than lube.. Do I have that wrong?.....it is a good idea to lube the bearings of your furler unit(s)...
I've never had in-mast main furling, but I'd surely be tempted to remove that sail too and get it out of the weather for the little time it takes. If you're not using the boat storing a folded main (easy to do since it's battenless) on a berth somewhere shouldn't be a problem. - or better still in your garage at home..... And in-mast furling main should be fine for the winter, right? Thanks
I ought to know what a Gentile wash is, since we had to go to church every week growing up.I pull both sails befoe haulout. If you are on jackstands, only pull the sails when it is dead calm.
You might also consider getting some small line that you can send up to replace your halyards over the winter. UV is hard on lines and like everything else, halyards are expensive too. Make sure you attach the temporary line well to the end of the halyard. Then pull the halyard down, feeding the temp line up in its place. Take the halyards home and give them a GENTILE wash.
Find someone who is really good with a bow and arrow? Tie a string onto the arrow.I have swapped out jibs on my Hood roller furler on my Catalina 27 TR, but I have never removed the sail for the winter before. So I am happy to get it down and stowed, and my casual thought was to attach the halyard shackle to the drum shackle, but they do not get close enough to connect.
What to do? With out thinking much I just raised the halyard back up the forestay and locked it down. Yea, then on the way home it hit me, how will I get that halyard down in the spring. I have not tried it yet, but I doubt that releasing the halyard line will permit it to slide down. Am I screwed? Will it slide down or is there some old trick to grab it and bring it down?
Everything went well in winterizing, but I have a hanging halyard about 34 feet above the deck. Any help appreciated.
Hi Maureen,When we went to take down our furling jib, we undid the halyard, but when the jib got about 3 ft down, it seemed to get stuck on something. We have a 39 CC Pearson, and I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but want to give all the info. When we looked up, it seemed a round, small baskety, softball size thing at the top of the jib, left half of itself behind, and with the bottom half of it still attached, seemingly, it could not come all the way down. We think something must have broken, and cannot tell without going up in a bosun's chair. We are in CT, and it is getting windy and cold. If someone has some thoughts on what we are doing wrong, or doing nothing wrong, but someone has to go up, please let me know. Thank you for your help. Hoping we are doing something wrong, and someone out there just tells us what, and everything will work. Maureen O'Donnell, Bridgeport, CT
Is the idea here to just keep as much of the halyard out of the elements as possible?Removing the halyards is good but if you don't want to go that far just fasten runners to the shackles and hoist the shackle to the mast head. Cover the halyerd coil away from the sun.