C380 Roller Furling Difficulty

[HGamsby]

I have a new C380 with Schaefer roller furling (3100). I have what I perceive to be difficulties in furling. My expectation is it should take little force to roll up the 130 genoa under moderate load. I have to exert considerable force to furl the sail. I was informed by someone that perhaps the the top headstay swage fitting is binding on the aluminum extrusion where the headstay enters the extrusion. Any help or comments would be appreciated.Henry GamsbySeychelleHull #244

 

[Dave McCarthy]

Hard Rolling !!!!

Henry,Check that all the bearings and swivels are running free ....You will always have a bit more difficulty furling under load. BUT .. if Your halyard tension is too high, it will compound the problem. Try easing your halyard a bit and see if it helps.

 

[ED]

HARD FURLING

WRONG,IF YOU ARE IN 15-20 IT IS A HAND FULL. AROUND 10 IT IS PRETTY EFFORDLESS.

 

[Gary Jensen]

FURLING PROBLEM

Do you head into the wind when furling in your jib? I have furled mine, ( on my 380), in 40 knots on San Francisco Bay. What I do is head dead into the wind and hold a little tension (very little) to steady the jib as I roll it in. Yes, its a little more difficult in strong winds but I head DEAD into the wind and it pretty much takes the load off the jib... good luck....Gary

 

[Greg Wynne]

Keep an eye on where your furling line is

I'm trying to track down the same problem on a Shaefer 2100 on my 320. I've noticed that the furling line has a tendency to jump out of place. What I mean is that the line normally feeds straight back, without going across what I call the "basket assembly" (for lack of a better name). Sometimes, I notice that it feeds across one of those 4 "prongs" (I really need to learn what to call all this stuff). When that happens, It takes everything I have to pull it in, against the friction on the line. Strangely enough, by about halfway through furling, the line jumps back to its rightful place, and it's easy as can be. I'm planning to look into this further this weekend, and if I find out anything different, I'll let you know.

 

[Stan Rogacevicz]

Try Adjusting Your Line Feed

Gregg, It sounds like you may need to adjust the angle of your last line feed block and the prongs also. More importanly though it sounds like you are not keeping enough tension on the furling line while the sail is being unfurled. There should never be enough slack for it to "jump" anywhere. I set up a block/cam cleat combo on my rear stanchion so I can easily have the furling line in one hand and the genoa sheet in the other to keep proper tension when furling or unfurling. The 2100 on the c320 is plenty large enough to make up for a few bad wraps but on my previous c28 the 750 was just barely large enough to hold a perfectly wrapped line.Stan"Christy Leigh"c320 #656

 

[Johnny Smith]

Roller furling difficulty

Try more backstay tension, that should help a great deal.