Here goes nothin'
Thanks for the link Mike! It's downloading now. When I had the forestay made up, they slid th connector/bearings on the cable before putting the ends on. The foils will slide on over the threaded stud end of the stay. The trick is to slide the connectors through the foils as you slide them on, which is one thing I havn't quite worked out yet. I'm thinking a long piece of wire should do the trick. After I get the end foil cut to the correct length, I'm planing on taking all the pieces out to the dock and assemble them on the walkway. I'll raise the whole thing up using the spinaker halyard (jib halyard is now taking place of the forestay) the revearse of how I took the old system down. The part I'm worried about is putting a kink in a foil or bending a connector as I'm raising it. On a Chrysler 26, I had installed a roller furler onto a forestay that was allready up by sliding the foils up one at a time. I liked that method much better but I thik the system on this H31 might be too heavy and bulky to do it that way. Taking down the mast is not an option here as he boat would have to be hauled and cost too much at this point. I'm not crazy about climbing the mast solo, especially with just the jib halyard holding it up, but that's the cards I'm delt. Does anyone have any words of wisdom about he best way to install and rig this roller furler? Thanks Jeff
