Brion I have a 1995 Hunter 26 with a B&R rig. The previous owner had a cdi furling installed and it is a bit too long, I have shortened the stainless steel links that connect the furling to the bow as much as possible, the drum of the furling is now rubbing on the bow. I was going to drill a new hole in the mast and install a new T backing plate about 6 inches above the existing one, this way I can get the furling drum off the deck and have have room to adjust the tension on the fairlead. There are no riggers in our area, so I am pretty much on my own, but I would like your opinion before I start drilling.
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Mike
Trim the top
Can't you take it down, measure the luff of the genoa, and trim the top of the plastic foil to fit?
Can't you take it down, measure the luff of the genoa, and trim the top of the plastic foil to fit?
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Guest
trim the foil
As previously suggested, trim the foil. Its easy to hack saw and it was probably never cut short enough. If you have excessive foil above or below the luff of the jib, then you have room to trim off the top.
As previously suggested, trim the foil. Its easy to hack saw and it was probably never cut short enough. If you have excessive foil above or below the luff of the jib, then you have room to trim off the top.
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Ken
Fairlead still too long
I can probably trim the foil, that would get the drum of the furling up off the deck, but the fairlead is still too long, I am unable to get it very tight and I think it is the cause of most of my weather helm problems.
I can probably trim the foil, that would get the drum of the furling up off the deck, but the fairlead is still too long, I am unable to get it very tight and I think it is the cause of most of my weather helm problems.
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Joseph Rheubeck
CDI Info
Ken, Try this link. The CDI site has the manuals for all the furlers and a lot of general info on setup. I'm not quite clear on the "fairlead still too long" problem. Could you be refering to the CDI haliard being too long to achieve a good luff tension?
Ken, Try this link. The CDI site has the manuals for all the furlers and a lot of general info on setup. I'm not quite clear on the "fairlead still too long" problem. Could you be refering to the CDI haliard being too long to achieve a good luff tension?
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Ken
Thanks for the CDI Info
Thanks for the link to CDI. What I have been able to find out about the boat is that the mast has been cut down by about 1 inch. It came down hard when they were taking it down and pulled out the rivets at the base and tore the bottom of the mast a bit. So it was trimmed down a bit. So now my rigging is too long. The side stays had enough threads left on the turnbuckles to take out the slack, but not sure what to do about the fairlead. It seems the best solution is to drill another hole up the mast a bit.
Thanks for the link to CDI. What I have been able to find out about the boat is that the mast has been cut down by about 1 inch. It came down hard when they were taking it down and pulled out the rivets at the base and tore the bottom of the mast a bit. So it was trimmed down a bit. So now my rigging is too long. The side stays had enough threads left on the turnbuckles to take out the slack, but not sure what to do about the fairlead. It seems the best solution is to drill another hole up the mast a bit.
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Brion Toss
No-o-o!
Hello, You are experiencing a cascade of errors, and seem intent on accelerating it. A mast that has been damaged at its base could easily have been damaged elsewhere. Who has examined it? Was it the same people who shortened it, and then reinstalled it instead of fixing it properly? Was it the same people who installed the furler? Or did they just put it back on the now-shortened mast? And please, please tell me it wasn't them who suggested you move the forestay, if that is what you are talking about, instead of making things right. Your rig is a system, an integrated marvel of engineering and aesthetics, not a series of unrelated components. And weather helm problems? You've got weather helm problems, so you're going to continue distorting things to fix that? I urge you, instead, to step back, take a deep breath (really), and see this rig as how it should be. You can mend the butt and/or make the step thicker. You can make sure that nothing else is wrong. You can make that furler right, and you can do it without relocating standing rigging. Fair leads, Brion Toss
Hello, You are experiencing a cascade of errors, and seem intent on accelerating it. A mast that has been damaged at its base could easily have been damaged elsewhere. Who has examined it? Was it the same people who shortened it, and then reinstalled it instead of fixing it properly? Was it the same people who installed the furler? Or did they just put it back on the now-shortened mast? And please, please tell me it wasn't them who suggested you move the forestay, if that is what you are talking about, instead of making things right. Your rig is a system, an integrated marvel of engineering and aesthetics, not a series of unrelated components. And weather helm problems? You've got weather helm problems, so you're going to continue distorting things to fix that? I urge you, instead, to step back, take a deep breath (really), and see this rig as how it should be. You can mend the butt and/or make the step thicker. You can make sure that nothing else is wrong. You can make that furler right, and you can do it without relocating standing rigging. Fair leads, Brion Toss
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Ken
Thanks Brion
I think that was the answer I was looking for all along. There does not seem to be any other damage to the mast, or furling. I just have to figure out a way to make the fairlead cable about 1 inch shorter. I have the threaded ends of the cable screwed in the turnbuckle as far as they will go. If I can find a smaller turnbuckle that should get me the inch or so I need without changing anything else. Ken
I think that was the answer I was looking for all along. There does not seem to be any other damage to the mast, or furling. I just have to figure out a way to make the fairlead cable about 1 inch shorter. I have the threaded ends of the cable screwed in the turnbuckle as far as they will go. If I can find a smaller turnbuckle that should get me the inch or so I need without changing anything else. Ken
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