Coincidence. I'm dropping an old Hood Seafoil 2536 today. Close cousin of an Ultrafurl. Replacing it with a Harken Mk IV
Dennis C Sent from my iPhone On Jul 15, 2013, at 9:24 AM, "Prime Interest" <primeinter...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've also had experience where there was not enough backstay tension > causing the foil to sag giving the impression of 'stop, turn, stop' as you > fight the curve. > > > > Ed > > Prime Interest > 1982 C&C 38 Landfall > Toronto, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 9:20 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Ultrafurl - sticking > > It could be as simple as too much tension on the forestay. If you try and > furl with your backstay cranked tight, that can make any furler bind. > > Bill Bina > > > On 7/15/2013 9:08 AM, Stevan Plavsa wrote: >> Hi All. >> >> It seems the drum on my ultrafurl is sticking. I know that other C&Cs >> used this furling gear so I was hoping for some feedback from other >> ultrafurl owners. I dropped the swivel down and it is fine so I'm >> blaming the drum. It needs a lot of coaxing to turn and it will turn, >> then come to a stop, turn, then stop, turn then stop .. etc. The >> energy required to turn it is quite high, I have to go forward and >> manually turn the drum to furl or unfurl the sail. How can I >> troubleshoot this? I'm nervous that this will require some forestay >> action but I'm hoping not. >> According to their site it can be installed without dropping the >> forestay so I'm hoping I can take it apart too. It's an Ultrafurl 500. >> I'm waiting on an email back from ultrafurl. >> >> Any ideas? >> Thanks, >> >> Steve >> Suhana, C&C 32 >> Toronto > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
