Hunter 23 Roller furling halyard restrainer

[bleathen]

I have a Harken roller furler on my H23. Last summer I had a serious halyard wrap problem. My plan is to install the Harken halyard restrainer in a location that meets the 7 - 10 degree halyard vs headstay separation criteria recommended by Harken. My questions are a) Has anyone out there done this on a H23 boat? b) On any other similar boat? c) Does the halyard restrainer greatly complicate the mast raising proceedure? d) Does the halyard restrainer get in the way of the roller furler when the mast is down? e) And if so, how do you deal with that situation? Any advise will be helpful.Thanks,Bill Leathen

 

[Rich]

No problem

I have a 26 Hunter with Harken furler and had the same wrapping problem. I installed the Harken restrainer (expensive little bugger!) without problems. It doesn't interfere with anything and worked as advertised. Before installing it, I was concerned that it might interfere with the foil of the roller furler and that I might have to shorten it in order to even connect the forestay, but it was not a problem (though it was really close!). I've had to shorten the foil once before for another reason and it was nip and tuck using a dremel tool while the forestay was still inside the foil (couldn't get it off because the terminals were too big). I just took my time (about 30 minutes) and never even touched the stay wire.Good luck. It should fix your problem.

 

[bleathen]

Rich - thanks, one more question

Thanks for the response. I have not done the geometry to calculate how far down the mast I should put the restraner, but I will. Out of interest, (ball park) how far below where the roller furler attaches, did you put the restrainer?

 

[Rich]

Just a guess

Remembering I drive a 26', I only put it about 4.5" below where the halyard exits the mast. I was concerned about my foil being too long, so I was going for the minimum. I did it by eyeball with the mast horizontal. It turned out perfect.If I had to do it again on someone else's boat, I'd do it by eyeball, too - I'd never trust my math skills with a $50 piece of stainless and holes in my mast...