1992 Hunter 30 T: I have the original Hood furling gear ( under the deck mount). It works but takes a gorilla and a wench to furl. I have just replace my sail which being stiff certainly didn't improve the situation. I have gone through the installation and maintenance information that came with the unit, Everything is tight and I have 90 degrees between the furling line and the drum. The upper and lower units turn almost frictionless when I spin them by hand. It seems to me that the fair-leads on the stanchions, and the lead in the deck down to a block and then to the unit add a lot of friction. Any comments?
Hood Furler
- Thread starter Rxsail
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A few. Had the same experience with difficulty rolling the head sail in under certain conditions, especially when the wind was up. Never a problem letting the head sail out, only in. Finally diagnosed what was going on, made a modification to where the drum is secured to the stem chain plate. No idea why Hunter used a long U bolt that had a tendency of allowing the drum to rotate, this causing the double line to bind against the drum frame. Wrote an article awhile ago describing the problem and what I did to fix it. That article with pictures is here: https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=45&aid=100062&mn=42
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