Easily the best presentation I have ever seen for roller furler inspection. Comprehensive yet succinct. Would also like Captain Canning’s guidance on reefing the jib by partially furling. Thanks, Captain Rock
Excellent video.Certainly learned a bit and it will be useful.Thank you for taking the time and trouble to make our sailing lives a bit easier.Rick/Seattle
Thank you - I had a halyard wrap and burst mainsheet block in a big blow with a seasick crew. Will never neglect my rigging ever again.Inspect Inspect Inspect.
i am new to sailing and learning all i can. i did not know about the roller system. Thanks for the great video. so much to learn and memorize. don't know you remember it all...
Thanks for this tutorial! I had problems with my roller-furler a few times, mostly the line winds not inside the drum, but outside of it, even on the lower part of the foil. Probably at some point the line flies too swiftly (as I did not control the line - just pulled the sheet); what do you think? One thing remains not clear in your video: what do you mean by "the leading angle [of the line?] to the drum"? Which angle (measured from what to what) should be 90? Maybe you mean the angle between the line and the foil?
Thanks - great video. Helps a lot!! My unfurling is difficult and not working. I have to turn manually. But to furl back works fine. What could be wrong?
Other than washing fresh water into each end, which I have to admit seems redundant for those of us on the Great Lakes, what about any lubrication steps? Mine seems to be misbehaving since I got a new genoa from North Sails. I love the sail, but I have not been able to find the happy spot of halyard tension that allows the roller-furler to work as it used to do. I do not know if it is a luff-length issue or a halyard tightness issue or what.
Using a wire tie /ziplock to seize anything is a bad choice as the embrittle with exposure to UV. That is especially true with white or clear ties. They rarely last more than one season. Best buy a reel of monel wire, lasts almost indefinitely.
Here is a maint item you don't want to skip.. When a roller furling unit jams with the sail UP.. in bad conditons.. you are likely going to watch that sail blown to pieces, while your boat is being overpowered by too much sail.. and there is NO way to bring it down, because it is wrapped around a solid gizmo all the way to the mast head. Go ahead ask me how I know ! You can get into so very deep kim chee, if this happens.
Look at this link for more information in installing the furling line. His furling line runs on port side, mine runs on starboard side so rotation of drum is opposite. I have Harken Furler circa 1984. I removed the old line (3/16") and replaced it with new line (3/16") several feet LONGER than original to play it safe. Note: I removed the head sail from the system before replacing the line. My boat is a 25' Mirage and the jib is less of a monster to handle. The furling drum has a hole in the side of the drum which I passed the end of the furling line thru and tied a overhand knot in the end. The old line did not have a knot :) instead the line was turned over itself and STAPLED. There is not much clearance between the drum and the furler body for too large of a knot. In the linked video, the author recommends 30 revolutions of the drum to preload the furler. I didn't count mine because I used the same length of new furler line as the old. Once I had the drum loaded, I went ahead and reinstalled the jib and checked to make sure all was well and it was. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NcaoM9ELgwU.html
Take the son of a bitch apart.. clean, inspect, replace worn or sloppy parts ! then and lubricate and put it back together. Just Do It. If you cannot do this..you probably have no business on a boat in the first place.,, certainly not off shore, and certainly with passengers aboard.
