I NEED HELP, my jib/genoa seems to be broken

[NewportVic]

Far as I can tell Moody is correct ...

If you use a pennant to get that upper furling swivel as close to the mast halyard sheave as possible where it won't foul when it turns ... there is never a problem then because then the halyard is nearly perpendicular to the forestay.I've had that twist problem on a C&C 36 and a J30 ... both times when the backstay was really loose. Once the backstay was tightened the problem went away. I won't mention the fact that bendy masts and roller furlings are sort of a no no.Another time all it took was about a three inch lashing at the tack to raise the sail on the foil. Short sails don't work well on most furlers. I even saw someone use a pennant at the top of the sail to get that upper furling swivel closer to the halyard sheave... that worked fine too.vic "seven"

 

[RAD]

Gloveside....

Sounds like an old CDI roller furling, here's a linkgo to the spare parts guide then click on reefer systems

 

[Alex]

Halyard Wrap

gloveside45I learned a hard lesson on my CS30 just like you did and I sailed for 10 years before that happened.Most furler with a swival on top, particularly Harken because of the smooth ball bearings, can wrap the halyard if the angle where the halyard to the furler bearing is less than 7 degrees. My boat has an ISOMAT mast where the halyard exit the top of the mast right above the fore stay.Some furler design (e.g. Flexi-furler) uses a block instead of a bearing on the top and has it's own halyard which rotates with the tube. They'll never wrap.I was planning to add a Harken halyard restrainer (C$80) but learned that I also have to shorten the headsail. Because inorder to achieve >7 deg angle the restrainer has to be a foot from the top. More $$ and a bad idea.On a CS boat owner's forum, someone put a small length of PVC tube on the top end of the halyard. P.S. You have to remove the halyard to do that. The reason is to make the end of the halyard "stiff" so it can't wrap. Make sense and much cheaper.I am going to do that in the spring.

 

[r.w.landau]

Guys, I still think he is pulling your leg!

There has been no explaination of the thing at the top of the mast that he blows off, and his sail terms improved in but a few posts. His own explaination in one post made it sound like he knew what a halyard retainer was. I called his pulling our leg on post 12.r.w.landauGood info for others but I think you should blow Gloveside off...