Wow, thanks all .. my mail client wasn't updating so I didn't even think that my original post made it to the list! I just started another thread, sorry about that.
Halyard tension may be it, I put a new headsail on this season and I like a nice taught luff on my headsail ... hmmm. It's not halyard wrap, that was my first guess but the binoculars showed me no halyard wrap or anything funny happening at the mast head. Second season with the boat :) The designer, Heider Funck emailed me back and said my symptoms sound most like the extrusions riding the top of the turnbuckle. I will adjust halyard tension first and see if that makes a difference before messing with the drum. I put new furling line on just last week! My genoa is a 155% so yeah, the drum fills up but that's not what's causing this. Thanks, Steve Suhana, C&C 32 On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM, randy <spins...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > 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**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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