[Rhodes22-list] ROLLER FURLING CABLE BROKEN

[Will Hutson]

I have a follow up question regarding the forestay that broke. All my other rigging is in good shape.is it safe to leave the mast up?I have it docked and can't get it off the water to bring the mast down till the weekend.

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On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:25 PM, "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Here's a photo of a slightly older GBI furler.  There are several 
> different versions over the years, maybe even many different versions.
> 
> The key to knowing if you have a GBI furler is - does the sail attach 
> directly to an aluminum furling tube either with a sleeve around the 
> tube or fed into a slot in the tube and held in place with machine 
> screws or with tabs that attached to fittings screwed onto the tube. 
> If so, you have a GBI furler.
> 
> With the CDI, there is an internal halyard and a PVC extrusion covers 
> the forestay. The sail feeds into a slot in the extrusion and is held 
> in place by that internal halyard.
> 
> Send Stan pictures of the top and bottom of your broken stay and he 
> can replace it. Or if you live in a place where there are lots of 
> sailboats there will be riggers who can duplicate your forestay. It's 
> not a big job. You will need to lower the mast to get to the top fitting.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall MD
> 
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