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djones
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Initially Posted - 01/02/2003 : 18:29:18

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

I've got the mast down for the first time, doing numerous things topside while the bottom work is being done.

When I took the masthead casting off to install a new antenna, light, and windex, I saw the forestay was connected to the pin closest to the bow. The manual seems to show the forestay hooked up to the next pin aft, closer to the mast. I'm guessing that's to allow for a possible spinnaker block on the foremost pin.

I'm just being curious here, but with the CDI furler installed, do you think the forestay was in the forward pin for the furler to have adequate rotating clearance from the mast?? It doesn't make much difference now, but if I ever plan to have a spinnaker, I might need to use the front pin for that.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Don Jones, "Swept Away" '83 SR/FK

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/02/2003 : 19:22:42

The most forward clevis pin is for a spinnaker halyard and the clevis pin closest to the mast is for the forestay. I have a Harken furler with a somewhat large upper swivel and the mast does not contact it. You will probably have to move the forestay to the second clevis pin or install a masthead crane if you ever rig a spinnaker halyard.

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
On the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 01/03/2003 : 06:01:17

osmepneo has a spinniker halyard, and I added a CDI ff4 roller furler a couple of years ago. I haven't checked the masthead configuration, but would expect the spinniker halyard to be on the forwardmost pin, and the forestay to be on the one closest to the mast.

That said, I have never noticed any interferance between the CDI furler and the mast. While down, I'd move the forestay to the aft pin, and add a spinniker halyard for that time when you would want it.

Don Peet
c25, 1665, osmepneo, sr/wk
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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frich
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Response Posted - 01/03/2003 : 08:36:26

I too have a CDI furler, and it is installed on the aftmost pin. CDI recommends a 3" clearance between the mast & furler top.

Frank Rich
84 C25 SK

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djones
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Response Posted - 01/03/2003 : 09:46:51

Thanks for the info!

I didn't want to move that pin, only to have to drop the mast again due to interference. I'll put the forestay where it rightly belongs.

-Don Jones, "Swept Away" '83 SR/FK
Charlotte, Southport, NC

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