Thanks guys ... all great info and suggestions. I highly suspect (and so does the rigger that inspected the unit) that the previous owner wrapped the halyard on one or more occasion ... I admit to doing it once while alongside the 1st time I put the genoa up .... but the rigger figured that was a pretty old damage to the foil. I suspect it’s been wearing on / catching the forestay over time. My wire halyards don’t look too good either .... the jib halyard has a definite cork screw to it – so I’ll be replacing those as well.
Peter Fell Sidney, BC C&C 27 MkIII From: Jim Watts Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:02 AM To: 1 CnC List Subject: Re: Stus-List Harken Furler Mark 1 Unit 0 Russ, I think the wire is just coming unlaid. Looks like it may have been twisted against the lay somehow. I'd still replace it. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 19 January 2014 09:07, Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net> wrote: Hi Dennis & Peter, I would say when, not if, you replace that forestay. The gap showing in the lay of the wire in this pic would lead me to inspect for a broken strand (or two). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/707/1lxd.jpg Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 At 08:18 AM 19/01/2014, you wrote: Peter, What caused the damage to the top of the extrusion? Hard to tell from the pic. Need to figure that out. ... If you are replacing the forestay, you can do this when you drop the unit for that. I'm assuming you're replacing it with another swaged forestay or are you using a Norseman or NavTec compression fitting? If a swaged eye, then you will have to disassemble the furler completely. If you are going that way, just upgrade to the MKIV. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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