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JAB
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Initially Posted - 03/21/2011 :  14:58:35  Show Profile
I intend to replace the forestay (of unknown age) on my 1986 C-25. It's equipped with a Schaeffer Snapfurl, which encases the stay within a two-part plastic tube that snaps together around the wire.

Has anybody done this? Can the foil be parted and re-snapped around the new rigging?
Joe J. Hull # 5442,'86 FK/SR w/Univ M-12 Diesel. Western Long Island Sound.
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Response Posted - 03/21/2011 :  20:36:03  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
Joe,

I have a Snapfurl and believe you can separate the two halves. check with schaeffer though. I don't think you need to. Assuming you have the mast down the wire should slide out if you remove the turnbuckle. if you need a diagram of the drum set-up let me know i can try and email them to you.
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Response Posted - 04/01/2011 :  12:57:44  Show Profile
Update: No, a rep from Schaeffer says that you cannot pry apart the two halves of the Snapfurl plastic foil without breaking it. Not only that, but the completed replacement forestay I already bought from Catalina Direct will not fit through the tight-tolerance foil.

Just got off the phone with tech help at CD, and they agree.

So I'm returning the complete "forestay assembly" for credit, and CD is sending me a "forestay bundle," that is, all the fittings except for the top end fitting that's normally swaged onto the wire. Instead of that swaged fitting, I'll be getting a 3/16-in. Norseman swageless stud.

After pushing the bare forestay through the foil ID, I'll assemble the Norseman fitting onto it and attach the forestay to the masthead. (Wish somebody had told me this at the outset.)
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Response Posted - 04/01/2011 :  13:15:13  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I sent my headstay to north sails and they fit, cut, and installed the foil on the stay. They also built a 135 genny for me at the same time. Everything fit perfectly.

You can separate the two halves but you have to slide them apart, end-for-end. Once snapped together they cannot be pryed apart without breaking the foil.
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