Greetings Fellow Salts!
My roller furling line was misrouted, causing it to rub on the sheeve's housing and ruining the line.
This is a below deck set up.
I detached the sail, then detached the roller. Pulled her out. Found 3 screws holding the bottom to the top, after 12 hours of cursing and screaming, I finally got the last, totally stripped screw out, but it won't come apart so I can get the old line out and new one in.
Attached pictures showing my current progress and where the three screws (stainless my @$$ ).
Anyone have some pointers?
I thought of cutting old line, whipping it like mad, then whipping my new line more, then sewing them together, but it seems the threads would give out exactly when I'd need them most.
I've also found a way to splice the lines, old to new, allegedly it's still 90% as strong. Potentially my solution until I find the couple of grand it'll cost to get a new one.
Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?
My roller furling line was misrouted, causing it to rub on the sheeve's housing and ruining the line.
This is a below deck set up.
I detached the sail, then detached the roller. Pulled her out. Found 3 screws holding the bottom to the top, after 12 hours of cursing and screaming, I finally got the last, totally stripped screw out, but it won't come apart so I can get the old line out and new one in.
Attached pictures showing my current progress and where the three screws (stainless my @$$ ).
Anyone have some pointers?
I thought of cutting old line, whipping it like mad, then whipping my new line more, then sewing them together, but it seems the threads would give out exactly when I'd need them most.
I've also found a way to splice the lines, old to new, allegedly it's still 90% as strong. Potentially my solution until I find the couple of grand it'll cost to get a new one.
Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?
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