Help with a roller furling for H22

[H22matt2282]

I am considering a furling head sail for my H22. Can anyone provide the exact dimensions I need? Is it roughly the same for a Cat 22?I pulled this off the Sail Warehouse web site: (this sounds too complicated... need to climb mast?)"First you must establish the headstay profile of your boat including the “pin to pin” wire length, wire diameter, turnbuckle screw diameter and clevis pin diameter. For most units you must actually measure the “pin to pin” length by ascending in a bosun’s chair and measuring from the center of the clevis pin at the mast head all the way to the clevis pin center at the stem fitting on your bow. This dimension will include all turnbuckles and hardware on the wire. If you call with this information we can tell you which units will work on your boat."I have been looking around on the web and have found a FF2 w/ 155 for $820 at sail warehouse but this is listed for a cat 22. Any others have a better/cheaper idea. I hope to find someone who has just completed this upgrade and can provide some help with lengths and best prices.Thanks so muchMatt

 

[Benny]

On the 22 you can take the mast down.

You do need the pin to pin length of your forestay. With the mast down or the mast held up by a halyard take the forestay off and lay it on the ground and measure it or mark it off in a flat slab. When you assemble your extrusion and roller assembly it will have to be the same length pin to pin as before. (From the top forestay eye terminal to the bottom fork toggle) If you have an adjuster or riggin screw between the fork toggle and the bearing assembly you can take care of any minor difference in length. Do not assume that you can use your same wire (forestay) as it may be to short. You need to assemble the forestay cable/furler unit in the ground and then raise it on to the boat. Follow the manufacturers instructions for installation. The luff of the sail to be rolled needs to be prepared to fit on the furlers track. A sail loft can do that. HARKEN has a small boat furling kit #436 that would fit your boat for around $400. That is for rolling the sail only not for reefing. Is not a bad job if you feel comfortable with cutting wire and swaggin terminals. In your neck of the woods it may require more planning as the availability of hardware and a sail loft may not be within close reach. Hope this helps.

 

[Jo White]

Measurements

I was able to make this measurement since I was able to lower my mast. However an exact measurement is not necessary. It could be in the nearest 10" and it will work just fine. Just take a look at other boats and you will notice that no two boats have the same size jib luff. You can estimate the lenght of the forstay by Pythagoras theorem. You can measure the distance from the foot of the mast to the bottom of the forstay. You can find out what the lenght of the mast is from the hunter. Square these distances, add them and find the quare root and you have it. Whatever foil you get you are going to have to cut it to fit your forstay lenght. You can also use the jib halyard to measure the forstay.I hope that help.