I kind of tried to go to an eye-only on the end of the halyard last summer when I was having trouble with roller-furling. I thought that maybe the length between the top roller and mast was too long,(not enough angle)and I flipped the snap shackle sideways and just used one shackle to the roller. This got it up a few inches more, but Still had problems, and thought maybe the flopping shackle was hitting the forestay. I would remove it, but I hate to scrap a perfectly good Tylaska snap shackle.
I will say, I got a whole new appreciation for the situation up there after being hauled up to look at it in action from a few inches away. I highly recommend it. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA From: Matthew via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 11:35 AM To: 'Stus-List' Cc: Matthew Subject: Stus-List Re: Furler question While on the topic of furlers, I noticed a couple times last summer that we had difficulty unfurling the sail. My best guess is that the wire rope thimble holding the snap shackle onto the halyard was banging into something up top. I’m replacing the wire-to-rope halyards with all rope for this year, and my line supplier said if I’m using a furler (Harken in my case) I don’t need a snap shackle on the halyard. All I need is an eye splice because the furler already has a snap shackle for the halyard. Does anyone have this arrangement (just an eye splice at the end of the halyard)? Please advise. Thanks. Matt Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
