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gerdo
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Initially Posted - 05/08/2002 :  16:31:30  Show Profile
Bought my C25 in March, it is 1982 std rig swing keel. Marina launched it last friday. After two months of cleaning and prepping it was nice to see it in water and not on stands with us using a ladder to get on. Some bugs need to be worked on yet but that is ok. Have a question. It has roller furler so I am confused about a halyard on port side of mast, it is a cable that leads to winch, changes to line at that point is wrapped around winch and cleatted off in big pile of line. I undid it all and tried to move halyard but nothing gives. Assume it is to raise jib and as such is all the up with furled jib.

Now if that is correct where do I put it when I need to use winch to raise main?
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Response Posted - 05/08/2002 :  17:59:54  Show Profile
Gerdo,

If I understand correctly, the winch to which you are referring is mounted on the port side of your mast. It is used only to raise the jib, and to put tension on the luff of the jib.

The main halliard is on the starboard side of the mast. You don't use a winch to raise the mainsail. You raise the mainsail simply by pulling on the main halliard.

There are two ways that I have seen people raise their mainsails.

On my boat, I pull on the main halliard to raise the mainsail to within an inch of the top of the mast, and then cleat the halliard. Then I use the downhaul to adjust the tension on the luff of the mainsail.

I have seen other people who put a stopper slug in the mast slot, to keep the boom from sliding up the mast slot beyond a certain point, then they pull on the main halliard to raise the mainsail, using the halliard to adjust the tension on the luff of the mainsail. Then they cleat the halliard.

I prefer the first method, because it raises the sail as high as possible, and because it seems to me to be easier to adjust the tension on the luff of the mainsail (If the wind is blowing hard, I can literally sit on the boom to draw the luff of the mainsail as tight as it needs to be.).

I have never owned a roller furler, so I'll let someone else suggest to you how you might be able to organize or eliminate that big pile of jib halliard.


Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554
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Response Posted - 05/08/2002 :  19:31:02  Show Profile
Gerdo,

This is similar to the way my roller furler is rigged. You have to use the jib halyard to raise the genoa or jib on the roller furler. I'm not certain if there are anyother solutions than to tie it off at the winch on the port side of the mast.

Shelby on "Third S" '82 C25 #3208 SKSR
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gerdo
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Response Posted - 05/08/2002 :  21:38:44  Show Profile
Thanks to both of you. I have not had a roller furler before either and was confused. Your explanations have helped will try this weekend.
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