[Rhodes22-list] Roller Furler on 1984 R22

[Mary Lou Troy]

If you have a groove in the aluminum tube, it would probably be 
better to get a headsail with a luff "tape" that fits the groove. 
Otherwise, the sleeve Rummy suggests is the answer.

Our 1991 175 genoa had a stiff tubing sewn into the luff which 
allowed the sail to be slid into the groove in the tube. The sail had 
webbing tabs at the top and bottom which allowed the sail to be 
stretched along the tube. The tabs were held in place top and bottom 
with machine screws. Obviously with this unusual set-up you can only 
put the headsail on the boat with the mast down. The upside is that 
it was bulletproof in function.

We get enough tropical storm warnings here on the Chesapeake that we 
finally decided that we wanted to be able to remove the sail without 
lowering the mast and went to a Schaefer Snap-Furl system. It 
required replacing the original luff-tape with the size required by 
the Schaefer unit. We had a new forestay made a the the same time but 
I can't remember if it was required whether we just decided that it 
would be a good tie to replace it.

Stan at General Boats eventually went to using CDI furlers (which 
have an internal halyard) on new and recycled R22s.

I don't have a good photo that shows the parts of the old system, but 
I do have a nice one of it in use and and an enlarged portion of a 
bigger picture that sort of shows the lower part of the furler. Both 
are attached at the very bottom of this message.

Mary Lou
1991 Rhodes 22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 02:23 PM 10/15/2012, you wrote:
>I will take a shot at this. It appears that you have hardware which is
>newer (replaced at some point and time) than your hull. The top plastic piece
>is  screwed together. Remove the screws and you will be able to remove it.
>Order a  new genny from General Boats and it will come with a sleeve which
>fits over the  aluminum tube. The sail will then be screwed to the top of the
>tube. The bottom  is usually hand tightened with another short piece of line
>going through an  eyelet in the sail and attached to the furling drum in
>some manner. Do you have  the original sail? Seeing what it looks like at top
>and bottom would help quite  a bit. Great pictures. Anything you can provide
>will be helpful.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 10/15/2012 10:15:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>rbeytagh at gmail.com writes:
>
>http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/n44370/DSC_0044_%281280x555%29.j
>pg
>__________________________________________________
>To subscribe/unsubscribe go to 
>http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
>
>For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and 
>archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>__________________________________________________
>
>
>-----
>No virus found in this message.
>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>Version: 2013.0.2740 / Virus Database: 2614/5833 - Release Date: 10/15/12
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: onarun.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 79668 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20121015/f700610f/attachment.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: oldfurler.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 156848 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20121015/f700610f/attachment-0001.jpg