Re: Stus-List Ultrafurl - sticking

[sam . c . salter]

"I like a nice tight luff" Luff tension is used to position the max draft in the correct location. Some where a round 35% to 40% on a foresail. Halyard tension in adjusted for wind strength continuously.  sam :-) 403-617-6280 From: Stevan Plavsa Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:34 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Reply To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Ultrafurl - sticking 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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