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djbano
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Initially Posted - 07/16/2012 :  15:03:49  Show Profile  Visit djbano's Homepage
I'm finally going to upgrade this thing based on the comments on how big a difference it makes. This last Sunday sailing my tall rig under just the jib with my 5 year old we had a wind squall. I don't know how hard it was blowing 30+ but there was spume blowing. Here in CO on the front and back of cloud/storm fronts that pass to the front range we go from calm to white caps within seconds. Always have to keep an eye on the water. My sail was beating itself to death as I couldn't get it to spin on the furler - and I'm fairly burly. The noise combined with the cavitating motor 'attempting' to keep bow to wind the wind scared the heck out of my relatively brave 5 year old daughter. I calmly sent her below and told her it was just noisy and please hand me a winch handle. I managed to get a couple of wraps on the winch, without which I could never have furled.

Anyhoo - I hope you've enjoyed my tail. Question - tricks and tips to install the kit on the water? Shaving cream to hold bearings and shoe box taped underneath? I would like to keep profanity and bodily injury to a minimum.

DJ
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 07/16/2012 :  18:05:45  Show Profile
I replaced mine on the water. A helper would be good to hold the box (paper ream box top?) and be careful not to drop anything!
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booyacht
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Response Posted - 07/17/2012 :  12:48:23  Show Profile
My furler opening came from the PO facing directly port. Anyone else with this issue? I would assume it needs removed and repositioned to face aft but I am not certain. My plan was to address it when I upgraded the bearings. I'm thinking I could properly roll up the jib if the line didn't rub against the sharp edge.

Thanks for the tips Randy.

I'm glad your story ended well DJ!
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 07/17/2012 :  17:46:59  Show Profile
Mine faces port or maybe just a little aft of port. I don't think it really matters as long as the furling line runs true and doesn't chafe or make any sharp turns
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 07/18/2012 :  07:18:27  Show Profile
I think mine faces a bit aft of port too. Furler line runs down the port side of the boat. I did adjust my drum when installing the ball bearings to get a truer lead. There are extra holes in the drum to allow for this.
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booyacht
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Response Posted - 07/23/2012 :  06:54:37  Show Profile
Ah! Perhaps mine is rolled on in the wrong direction? My furl line goes into the starboard/aft side of the drum opening and wraps around counter clockwise. The opposite would make more sense but I can't look at it till this weekend.
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Johnnybob
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Response Posted - 07/23/2012 :  10:12:31  Show Profile
When deciding to furl clockwise or counter clockwise be sure to take in to account which side of your sail the UV strip is on if you have one. A few months after buying my used 250 I noticed that an area several inches wide on the leech, top to bottom was beginning to fray and rip. Joe Waters of Waters Sails told me that it looked like sometime in the past the sail was furled backwards and the sun light did a job on the exposed fabric and stitching. The rest of the sail was in good condition and Joe made a 110% from what was approximately a 125% headsail.

John Clements
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