Steve, seems to me this is your first season with the boat? Never ass-u-me, but if we allow the PO probably used it as a sail boat set up as is, the most common problem I've found is halyard tension. Probably because of no restrainer, it's more important, but there seems to be a sweet spot between too tight and too loose, that "goldilocks" likes. While at the dock you might experiment w/ just an inch or so at a time of halyard tension or release. Lot easier than climbing the mast to install more goodies. And that "assumes" of course there's no wrap from another halyard, etc.
randy Tamanawas 29-II Hood River, OR From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 6:09 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Ultrafurl - sticking 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
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