I am brand new to sailing, so I will be asking questions that are ridiculously basic to most of you. I have a Tanzer 22 with a jib furler in my driveway. It is mounted to the forestay and I know the sail goes in the track with the feeder slot. The other track has a line running from one of the drum attachment points up through a pulley at the top and terminating in a bowline. The other drum attachment point has a very short line of about 3 feet. The end is melted, so I don't think it's an old line that that snapped. I know the jib tack should attach to one of those points. Can someone straighten me out on this?
Jib roller furler setup
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The Tanzer 22 is a great little boat. I had one for 14 years and sailed all over Eastern Lake Ontario and in conditions I shouldn't have been in.
Those look like they may be pennants. If the jib luff is shorter than the track they make up the difference. The top swivel needs to be high on the track to prevent halyard wrap which is when the halyard wraps around the track before the sail does.
The 22 was designed to sail with a 170% Genoa which is a big sail. The Prior owner may have opted for a 110% or 145% which were the other 2 standard sails. The 110 had a shorter luff than the 170, so the pennants would have been necessary.
The Tanzer 22 is a great little boat. I had one for 14 years and sailed all over Eastern Lake Ontario and in conditions I shouldn't have been in.
Those look like they may be pennants. If the jib luff is shorter than the track they make up the difference. The top swivel needs to be high on the track to prevent halyard wrap which is when the halyard wraps around the track before the sail does.
The 22 was designed to sail with a 170% Genoa which is a big sail. The Prior owner may have opted for a 110% or 145% which were the other 2 standard sails. The 110 had a shorter luff than the 170, so the pennants would have been necessary.
Hey don't sweat it. The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask. A "pulley" on a boat is called a block, and the block at the top of your furler is for your jib halyard. A halyard is the name used to describe a line that is used to raise a sail. The line you described running through the track is your halyard. You will attach that line to the head of your sail (top grommet on the sail) and then raise the sail. Then using the line attached at the drum, you will run it through your tack (bottom grommet on the luff -- luff is the leading edge of your sail) and pull down until the luff is taught. @dlochner correctly called that a pennant (sometimes incorrectly called a pendent). Pennants are used to span a gap between two attachment points. When you use a line to pull down on the tack of a sail, it is also called a "down haul". Some terms are used to mean more than one thing on a boat. In this case a "down haul" is also a line you run up the luff of your main sail and use to help bring the sail down when the wind pipes up. Down hauls on a main sail are only practicle if you use sail slugs on the main and won't work if you use a bolt rope to bend the main.
So in order to lower or change the jib I would need to tie an extra line the the drum end of the halyard and then lower it, correct? Otherwise it would be out of reach?
Good morning . The Furler you have is a CDI FF2 . The design is very differant from a standard furler . You don't have to worry about a halyard wrap .
There is no top swivel with this design . The grey plastic extrusion swivels . Unless you are changing from a 150% genoa to 100% jib there is no reason to change headsails .That's part of the beauty of this design . There are those that will tell you a partialy furled headsail may well have poor shape .
They are correct to a point. At this stage of your sailing career , it is more important to learn how your boat reacts to differant wind strengths and points of sail . Some boat owners have a luff pad installed in the forward section of the genoa that helps retain shape when the genoa is partially furled .
The ease of reefing is highly dependant on the angle the furling line comes off the drum . Proper forestay tensoin is also a big concern
There is no top swivel with this design . The grey plastic extrusion swivels . Unless you are changing from a 150% genoa to 100% jib there is no reason to change headsails .That's part of the beauty of this design . There are those that will tell you a partialy furled headsail may well have poor shape .
They are correct to a point. At this stage of your sailing career , it is more important to learn how your boat reacts to differant wind strengths and points of sail . Some boat owners have a luff pad installed in the forward section of the genoa that helps retain shape when the genoa is partially furled .
The ease of reefing is highly dependant on the angle the furling line comes off the drum . Proper forestay tensoin is also a big concern
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Yes... a messanger line. I had the same style furler on my H26. I ran a piece of shock cord up the furler when I lowered my sail.