[Rhodes22-list] Roller Furler on 1984 R22

[Richard Beytagh]

Thank you Mary and Rummy

This has been most helpful. I don't have the old Genny so I haven't had any
reference. I am pretty sure this roller works as you described so I will
dismantle top and bottom rollers to inspect. I suspect the sail might have
had a cheek-block a foot or two above the tack that allowed you to run a
line to the tack to give you luff tension. I have asked Stan to quote on a
new Genny and we will hopefully get this worked out. BTW would you
recommend a 175% or 150% overlap?

Thanks again

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
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