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I went out sailing with my daughter (her first time) back when I had a hank on jib. I was having problems tacking because I was overpowered. I had to get up on the foredeck and take down the jib while bouncing around like a cork! That was enough to convince me to upgrade to a roller furler. My daughter hasn't been out sailing with me since.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by SteveG</i> <br />I went out sailing with my daughter (her first time) back when I had a hank on jib. I was having problems tacking because I was overpowered. I had to get up on the foredeck and take down the jib while bouncing around like a cork! That was enough to convince me to upgrade to a roller furler. My daughter hasn't been out sailing with me since. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Amen! Of the times that I almost went overboard, virtually all of them happened trying to change headsails on a heaving and pitching foredeck.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ClamBeach</i> <br />"change headsails on a heaving and pitching foredeck."
Heh heh... for a real thrill, try it out on a bowsprit... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> You mean like the kind with the guy-lines that you stand on while leaning on the sprit?
BTW, I can't really see (or imagine) what happened there. And I don't see how the furling line could wrap arount the forestay with my Hood furler. What happened?
You may want to install a few (more) fair leads. I think mine has three on deck and then I ran the line through the middle of the cleat. Also I tied a figure eight on the end of all my lines so they do not run away.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave Bristle</i> <br />BTW, I can't really see (or imagine) what happened there. And I don't see how the furling line could wrap arount the forestay with my Hood furler. What happened? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Uh...I couldn't see what happened either, but I was afraid to ask...Thanks for going first.
Ah... it's harder to see on this version of the pix (down-res from the original), but the furler line is *not* leading up and into the spool properly. It's already wrapped around the furler... when I went to yank on it, part of the line snapped back onto the drum - slipping between the head of the drum and the metal tangs (right word?). In short, I had an unholy tangled mess that I had to fix while being tossed around and beat about the head by the flapping sail!
'twas quite fun, and *very* educational. The best lesson was that the wife and I have learned enough to be able to handle a situation like this without freaking out. That, and, of course, not to leave loose lines in choppy seas.
I don't have that much extra line on my furler and this seems to have reduced the possibility of fouling. When I first got my boat it had a ton of line on the furling drum and if I wasn't careful and paying close attention, this extra line would cause me problems. After shortening this line, when my sail is unfurled I have about 12 inches of tail on my furling line sticking out from the last fairlead in the cockpit and when the sail is furled there is only a few extra wraps remaining on the drum.
This weekend it was a blowin' thirty or so odd knots on the bay.....had the jib rolled out to about 100 or so percent....had to pull her in a few more turns after a while 'caus she was wrappin herself mighty tight around the foil, and had come out a foot or so in the process.....but, as this happens you also "loose" turns around the drum, so when it came time to put it all away, I ran out of furler line before she was all wound up.....
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