[Rhodes22-list] GB furling system

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We always kept a very slight tension on the furling line as we are 
letting out the sail. Keeps it from tangling or hanging up. We did 
that when we had the GBI furler and now with the Schaeffer.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
(recycled 1998)
Rock Hall, MD

At 10:28 PM 3/22/2016, you wrote:
>With all this talk for furlers, I wanted to ask if anyone else has a 
>problem with their GB headsail furler getting tangled when letting 
>out the sail? The line tends to get caught up under the drum, 
>especially if I let out the sail to quickly. I was thinking of 
>modifying it in order to try and keep the line from getting tangled 
>under the drum. The plastic guide doesn't seem to be able to keep 
>the line on the furler and it starts to get wrapped up under the 
>furler which makes it impossible to furl in the sail without going 
>forward to untangle it.
>
>By the way, my IMF main is working like a millions bucks after I 
>replaced my mainsail with a brand new Doyle. She furls and unfurls 
>like a champ! My old sail was so blown out that it was getting 
>bunched up when pulling out the sail.
>
>Cheers,
>Ted
>
>S/V AIRPOWER
>1991/2013 R22
>Jacksonville, FL
>
>
>
> > On Mar 22, 2016, at 5:22 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List 
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> > My boat was recycled in 2014 and the headsail can be changed 
> without dropping
> > the mast. There is a grove in the plastic piece that covers the 
> forestay and
> > two pullies at the top. I'll insert a photo that shows the bottom part of
> > this. I have taken my 170 off the last two winters without a problem.
> > Although, this would not be possible under sail -- just too much sail to
> > feed in the groove. My boat came with two lines to clip on the 
> bottom of the
> > double halyard so I can pull the sail back up in the Spring.
> > 
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/n51690/IMG_1371_20141202_111639.jpg> 
>
> >
> >
> >
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> > Bob Weiss
> > Beach Spring
> > 1998 Rhodes 22 Recycled in 2014
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