cdi furler

[Herb Jones]

I have a CDI furler on my Hunter 240. The webbing loop at the head of my jib rotted through, and I am left with the shackle on the halyard at the top of the furler foil....about 25 feet off the deck. How can I easily get this halyard down?

Thanks,
Herb

 

[Dick1505]

Tip it on its side

If you have access to a dock, you could put a couple of big guys on the side closest to the dock and try pulling the mast down to the dock with the jib and/or the main halyard. Close the hatch in case, but you shouldn't get any water inside.

 

[Drew240]

Drop the mast

The easiest way to do it is just drop the mast. Even if you go up in a bosun's chair, you won't have the leverage you need to get the CDI's halyard down.

If there is any kind of loop that you could get a boat hook through, you could pull it down that way, too. I would not recommend trying to tip the boat over.

 

[George H260]

I agree lowering the mast seems the simplest way to fix this problem. I've raised and lowered the mast on my boat on the water many times, it only takes a few minutes and you'd spend a lot more time trying to fix the problem any other way.

 

[Rick Webb]

If Your Up For a Challange

A piece of PVC pipe with a hook in it. Support the end with the main halyard. In the end lowering the mast is probably simpler a quicker. You can leave the boom attached for a quick up and down. I used the main halyard to raise it up and support it during the evolution. Do NOT forget the raising and lowering stays I did once doing a qick up and down and it was not pretty.