One of my dock neighbors has a C400 with a furling mast. During the winter here, we remove the sails. I know, this isn't Florida... Without the main sail, the furling drum in the mast makes a huge racket every time the boat rocks ( wintering in the water). Anyone have a suggestion how to eliminate the noise and wear-and-tear on the drum from the constant shifting? Don
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is it the furl drum or the foil?
On my boat, when I removed the sail the top furling drum rested on top of the bottom drum. The rattle inside the mast is from the long foil inside the mast. I'm planning on raising the drum half way up the mast with a line attaching the upper drum to the lower drum. This would cut the foil in half and hopefully eliminate (or at least reduce) the rattle.
On my boat, when I removed the sail the top furling drum rested on top of the bottom drum. The rattle inside the mast is from the long foil inside the mast. I'm planning on raising the drum half way up the mast with a line attaching the upper drum to the lower drum. This would cut the foil in half and hopefully eliminate (or at least reduce) the rattle.
thanks for the suggestions
it is the foil as the drum is presently sitting on the goosneck. I thought of wrapping a line but there is insufficient room in the track to get a line inserted which would be large enough to do any good. Raising the drum will be our next move.
it is the foil as the drum is presently sitting on the goosneck. I thought of wrapping a line but there is insufficient room in the track to get a line inserted which would be large enough to do any good. Raising the drum will be our next move.
Might try this
I also have in-mast furling. The noise you are hearing is probably the foil (just like on a jib furler) inside the mast banging around. Without the sail wound around it, it's pretty loose and noisy. I'm not sure if it will work but try moving the halyard swivel half way up the mast, keeping a tag line on the bottom so you can get it back down. Then tension the outhaul and see if you can get the foil tight against the inside of the mast. Unless your neighbor is planning repairs or sail cleaning, there really isn't a necessity to remove the sail in the winter. Some argue that rolling a sail is a far better way to store it than folding. Good luck
I also have in-mast furling. The noise you are hearing is probably the foil (just like on a jib furler) inside the mast banging around. Without the sail wound around it, it's pretty loose and noisy. I'm not sure if it will work but try moving the halyard swivel half way up the mast, keeping a tag line on the bottom so you can get it back down. Then tension the outhaul and see if you can get the foil tight against the inside of the mast. Unless your neighbor is planning repairs or sail cleaning, there really isn't a necessity to remove the sail in the winter. Some argue that rolling a sail is a far better way to store it than folding. Good luck
It's like halyards slapping
left by people who never spend a night on their own boats, but their neighbors have to put up with the noise. Whatever makes the noise, based on these rep-lies, should be enough to get your dock mate down to his boat, and simply want to stop the noise because whatever's going on in there is doing physical damage to his boat.
left by people who never spend a night on their own boats, but their neighbors have to put up with the noise. Whatever makes the noise, based on these rep-lies, should be enough to get your dock mate down to his boat, and simply want to stop the noise because whatever's going on in there is doing physical damage to his boat.
Flopper Stopper
My sail company made me a Flopper Stopper. It stops the foil inside the furling mast from banging around inside the mast as it has no sail furled inside the mast to dampen it down. The FS is a strip of canvas about 8 feet long by 8inches wide with a cord on one end. There is a strip of luff tape on the end opposite the end with the cord. You run the FS up the mast and then furl the strip into the mast about half-way up. Then tie the cord onto the boom. It binds the foil like a furling sail would normally. Not a noise at all.
My sail company made me a Flopper Stopper. It stops the foil inside the furling mast from banging around inside the mast as it has no sail furled inside the mast to dampen it down. The FS is a strip of canvas about 8 feet long by 8inches wide with a cord on one end. There is a strip of luff tape on the end opposite the end with the cord. You run the FS up the mast and then furl the strip into the mast about half-way up. Then tie the cord onto the boom. It binds the foil like a furling sail would normally. Not a noise at all.
Don, I'm curious ...
How much time are you spending at the dock listening to the slapping noise in the winter?
How much time are you spending at the dock listening to the slapping noise in the winter?
will check with the local loft
to see if they can make something similar to your flopper stopper.. Scott - it's a great place to watch Sunday football uninterrupted. Seriously, I spend as much time there as you would imagine - my neighbor is also a friend and am more concerned about what long-term damage might result from the constant banging. Don
to see if they can make something similar to your flopper stopper.. Scott - it's a great place to watch Sunday football uninterrupted. Seriously, I spend as much time there as you would imagine - my neighbor is also a friend and am more concerned about what long-term damage might result from the constant banging. Don
DA BEARS!
I hope you solve that problem soon ... I don't want you to be distracted next Sunday when the Pats are getting thrashed!
(I hope da Bears are not looking past the Jets this Sunday, like I am)
I hope you solve that problem soon ... I don't want you to be distracted next Sunday when the Pats are getting thrashed!
(I hope da Bears are not looking past the Jets this Sunday, like I am)
Quiet on the cheap
I tie a line on the top swivel of the furler, hoist it about 3/4 then tie it off on the bottom drum and tighten with the main halyard. Cut an eight foot section of pipe insulation in half (2 4ft sections) and slide up each side of the furler in the mast. The insulation slides back out very easily. NO more NOISE and no damage to the furler. Very economical. I only remove the sail for maintance.
I tie a line on the top swivel of the furler, hoist it about 3/4 then tie it off on the bottom drum and tighten with the main halyard. Cut an eight foot section of pipe insulation in half (2 4ft sections) and slide up each side of the furler in the mast. The insulation slides back out very easily. NO more NOISE and no damage to the furler. Very economical. I only remove the sail for maintance.
Lifting drum
During the winter when the main is removed, I attach a tag line to the lifting drum and run it 1/2 way up, this centers the foil and for the most part stops the slapping of the foil inside the mast.
During the winter when the main is removed, I attach a tag line to the lifting drum and run it 1/2 way up, this centers the foil and for the most part stops the slapping of the foil inside the mast.
Use knots
I've used the free end of the main halyard and attached it to the furling drum. Then as the drum is hoisted by the halyard place knots in the line every five or six feet. Just use a knot that is the right size to hold everything firmly in place.
I've used the free end of the main halyard and attached it to the furling drum. Then as the drum is hoisted by the halyard place knots in the line every five or six feet. Just use a knot that is the right size to hold everything firmly in place.
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