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billob
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Initially Posted - 06/30/2003 :  17:46:18  Show Profile
My partner (Stewart Eads) and I are about to install a CDI roller furler our 1982 C25 , standard rig. We plan to do it with mast up. A critical measure is the length of the forestay from pin to pin. I've got something of the order of 31 feet as a measure. Has anyone done this CDI thing ? What measures did you have ? I posted this already in the General Forum and now am doing a second post in this forum. The more numbers I have the better I'll feel
We're installing a 135 roller genoa and the length of its luff is 26'5".
The length of the CDI luff support is about 33' (+ or -). Adding on for the furling unit itself plus fittings at the deck, I'm estimating I need
to cut the CDI luff at about 28'6". Can anyone say yea or nay on that ?
I don't want to be in a position, as the old joke goes of saying "I cut this thing twice and it is still too short !".
Thanks
Bill O'Brien
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Mount Pleasant, SC
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 07/01/2003 :  10:39:45  Show Profile
Hi Bill,

If your forestay is stock and there's no guarantee of that on a 21 year old boat - Catalina's speck sheet for the C25 says that the forestay is 29' 10" long.

I'd advise lowering the mast and measuring properly. Also, working horizontally will probably be easier than trying to work vertically.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839
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