Our 10 year old Hood Sea Furl 5 253 experienced a separation of the drum from the tube that transfers furling torque to the foil. 75% of the bearing balls went over the side. The torque tube sits in the top of the drum and appears to be held in the drum with SS pins/screws while the tube and drum are made of AL. Maybe some dissimilar metal corrosion. I should have been off the wind more when trying to furl from 25% to 50%.... It was under load. However, I wouldn’t think I could distort the tube just by pulling by hand alone (no winch). Interesting the Hood brochure shows the 253 for boats up to 34 ft. I’m thinking HM could use it because the 36 is a fractional rig with a 110 or 115 jib.
Has anyone experienced this failure? Hopefully I can get a new drive unit from Hood. It was exciting when the jib unfurled in an instant. We ended up dropping the jib through the front hatch.
Has anyone experienced this failure? Hopefully I can get a new drive unit from Hood. It was exciting when the jib unfurled in an instant. We ended up dropping the jib through the front hatch.
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