>… the track that I have on the front stay… James,
Do you have pictures of Kristy’s forestay available online? Your description makes me think you may have a 70’s era StreamStay type headsail luff rope system. Do your headsails have hanks attached or a luff tape/rope? If you do have the original twin groove type extrusion over your rod rigging forestay it is likely to top and bottom bearings have frozen up preventing it from rotating. If that is the case and you want a similar headsail system I recommend you drop into the cnc-list Furler discussion now underway. Harken has a great web site that will have drawings and pictures of their forestay/furler products. There are several other quality furler systems available and others here on the cnc-list will be able to make recommendations. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of James Nichols via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 10:21 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: James Nichols Subject: Stus-List Headsail I am trying to figure out my head sail arrangement. I don't have self furling, I do have rod rigging (probably original, will be thoroughly inspected before I put it under stress). I am guessing that the track that I have on the front stay is there because you can't hank directly onto the rod. My question is, how freely is that track supposed to swivel around the rod? Mine seems pretty still, and I would think that isn't a good thing for the rod when you change tacks and the track puts the extra rotational stress on the rod. Thanks for any input. James S/V Kristy 1971 C&C 39
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