Ease your backstay, of course, but don't forget to ease your mainsheet, too. Just did the same thing on my boat to remove the drum for racing, and it was surprisingly easy. We were VERY careful to not drop any bits over the side! Andy C&C 40 Peregrine
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an ultrafurl 500, no doubt many C&Cs of this vintage have the same. > I am having some trouble with it (sticking) and Heider from Ultrafurl (I > believe he's the guy that designed these things) sent along the > installation instructions as a guide on how to disassemble for a look. > Well, it seems I can get the drum disconnected and raised up the forestay > without disconnecting the forestay but if I want to remove it for a clean I > will have to disconnect and use a halyard for backup. I've done this with > the shrouds but there are two of those! I have two headsail halyards so I'm > thinking to use both, attached to either the stem fitting or the toe rail > and then tensioned pretty tight. Should I be loosening the tension on the > rest of the rig when I do this? > > Any tips or warnings? > > 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 > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
_______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
