CONTROL OF ROLLERFURLING PENDANT

[Don Baker]

The last guy that had my hunter 33 was content to cleat the rollerfurling pendant(line leading along the toerail) on a small open clamcleat.Last weekend, I was out sailing in 5 to 10 knt. winds and the weather suddenly changed . Within 5 min. I was facing 20 plus winds beating against fowl tide and wind. I rolled up 1/2 of the headsail.Stuffed line into clamcleat and was going along great. Suddenly, the line jumped out of the cleat ,and I had a flogging 135% jib. took me a while to get it back.How do you guys handle this . My control line is 1/2 rope and 1/2 wire. And when the sail is rolled up , the wire is back to where the cleat might be.

 

[Ed Schenck]

No expert, but. . .

have never relied on the cam-cleat. As soon as I have the headsail positioned the cam-cleat temporarily holds the line. Then I immediately secure it to the 8" aft jam cleat, port side on my H37C. About 18" aft of cam-cleat.Originally I had to rewind the furling drum to get enough extra line, too much was on the drum when fully unfurled.

 

[Steve Dion]

Get rid of the wire.

Don:First thing I would do is get rid of the wire. When the wire gets old they tend to get *fish hooks* in them which cut the crap out of your hands and are worse on the sails. Then I would just use a *JAM Cleat* mounted where the cam cleat is for the control line. There are also some new small sheet stoppers that are released with the push of a button. Very small and would be great for your application.You should be using your winches and the cleats for the jib sheet. PS: Never thought is blew that hard in FL. unless you we having a hurricane.<grin>

 

[David Foster]

4-5" dedicated cleat

We use a dedicated cleat on the edge of the cockpit right by the last pulley, and about 24 inches behind the starboard sheet winch on our h27. I would be uncomfortable without a half hitch holding this key line, and we usually double up with our standard hitch for all such rigging.

 

[John Allison]

Agree with David

I would never trust my furler line to a cam or clam cleat (or even a jam cleat unless coupled with a half hitch). Standard cleats (deck or rail mounted) with a half hitch provide the necessary holding security coupled with ease of release. At one time, I used a clam cleat on my Hunter 25 until a similar occurence took place. No longer! I now have a rail mounted standard cleat (located on the stern pulpit) to do the job.

 

[Barry]

cleat it

Install a cleat aft of the winch and you are in business. good luck and happy sailing