[Rhodes22-list] CDI Flexible furler

[Jack Chirch]

Jay -

Hank has the right idea.  And you don't necessarily need to go up the mast
to lower the halyard.  A 10' length of pvc pipe (3/4"), topped with a
suitably bent coat hanger (think upside-down V) secured by duct tape will
get the job done. If you're not tall & long-armed, you may need a little
move pvc.   Good luck.

Jack Chirch
S/V Pax
Gloucester, Va

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You should be able to lower the halyard and then use it to pull the sail up
> the slot on the furler.  Trying to pull the sail up by hand will be a real
> challenge, I would think.
>
> Hank
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Jay Weiss <jmarshallweiss11 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Live and learn.
> > This past week while Hudson River sailing with a non responsive outboard
> > (another story) we were surprised to witness our jib sliding down its
> > furler.  The canvass loop at the head of the sail that attached it to its
> > halyard's shackle had failed. We removed the sail from the furler and
> sent
> > it to the sail maker, who said that the loop was unprotected from the
> sun's
> > UV radiation even as the rest of the furled sail was protected by a
> cover.
> > He replaced it and returned it.
> > Now the question:
> > It appears that I only need to place the bolt of the sail into the slot
> of
> > the furler (near the deck) and slide it up toward the mast head and there
> > attach it to the shackle that's remains there. The deck end of the
> halyard
> > is then tightened around a cleat beside the drum as is the tack of the
> > sail.  Is that right?  (I'll be using a bosun's chair.) Ordinarily a jib
> > halyard is lowered to deck level, attached to the head of the sail, and
> the
> > sail then raised and the line secured on deck or on the mast. The CDI
> > furler doesn't seem to work that way?  I purchased the boat used with its
> > furler and foresail already installed so I'm totally unfamiliar with how
> it
> > works.
> >
> > Jay Marshall Weiss
> > Poughkeepsie, NY
> > 1998 R-22
> > Hanalei
> >
> >
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