> 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.
With Calypso's Harken system both halyard and backstay tension have to be "tight" to avoid excessive resistance or halyard wrap. Once in a while the furling line will bind up in the drum, especially when handling the #1 headsails (150%). Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of honeys...@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 9:31 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Ultrafurl - sticking Sweeeet. In a message dated 7/15/2013 12:20:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, capt...@yahoo.com<mailto:capt...@yahoo.com> writes: 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<mailto: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
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