Hello all, new sailor, first post. I have a Cat22 1973
So I'm pretty sure I have this all rigged up wrong. This is whats happening.
Went out sailing and unfurled the jib and the dang thing wrapped around the forestay. Got it furled. Unfurled again, this time it didn't wrap but wrapped again during furling. The drum on the furler up at the mast is wrapping around my 2nd forestay.
I learned today that I have a cdi flexible furler and the forestay is inside of the furler. Thing is, this is an older furler and I don't really trust the forestay in it which is why I added the 2nd forestay in front of the furler. I'd like to keep the 2nd forestay just for piece of mind if I could.
Any ideas??
After I took these pictures I went over to the boat and figured out how to tighten the turnbuckle inside the drum. It took out some flex but the furler still looks like it is still sagging too much.
How tight is too tight? Hand tighten then a couple more turns with a wrench?
Thanks!!
Peter
So I'm pretty sure I have this all rigged up wrong. This is whats happening.
Went out sailing and unfurled the jib and the dang thing wrapped around the forestay. Got it furled. Unfurled again, this time it didn't wrap but wrapped again during furling. The drum on the furler up at the mast is wrapping around my 2nd forestay.
I learned today that I have a cdi flexible furler and the forestay is inside of the furler. Thing is, this is an older furler and I don't really trust the forestay in it which is why I added the 2nd forestay in front of the furler. I'd like to keep the 2nd forestay just for piece of mind if I could.
Any ideas??
After I took these pictures I went over to the boat and figured out how to tighten the turnbuckle inside the drum. It took out some flex but the furler still looks like it is still sagging too much.
How tight is too tight? Hand tighten then a couple more turns with a wrench?
Thanks!!
Peter
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