Our boat has a roller furler. (23.5) We are very new to sailing. I need to lower the mast to work on the plastic shaft the jib attaches to. Can we use a mast lowering pole with this system. My manual has drawings the would indicate you need to have a line since the plastic can't bend. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Mast lowering question
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I think from your question you need some help from someone who knows what they are doing. Lowering a mast when you do not know what you are doing can be dangerous. It is easy to do and safe but you just need to know how to do it. It sounds like you have a CDI furler, they have an internal halyard to raise the jib. Your boat should have an unused jib halyard. The line shown in the diagram is your jib halyard, it will attach to your gin pole, a tackle (maybe your main sheet) will attach to the other side of the gin pole and allow you to slowly lower the mast. There are many things to be careful of when doing this, if you can find an experienced person to give you hand you will have no trouble doing it yourself in the future.
Good luck Bob
Good luck Bob
I agree. Your boat shoud have come with the gin pole used to raise and lower the mast. I'd focus on getting experience with raising and lowering the mast before doing any maintenance on the boat.
Do you have the manual and pole? The H23.5 manual is at this link: http://www.ayesail.net/sailing/Hunter/Hunter19_23_26/index.html
Instructions for raising and lowering the mast start on page 20 of the manual.
If you want to see how it's done on the H260 (virtually identical to the H23.5 except larger) go to this link http://h260.com/checklist1/checklist1.html
Do you have the manual and pole? The H23.5 manual is at this link: http://www.ayesail.net/sailing/Hunter/Hunter19_23_26/index.html
Instructions for raising and lowering the mast start on page 20 of the manual.
If you want to see how it's done on the H260 (virtually identical to the H23.5 except larger) go to this link http://h260.com/checklist1/checklist1.html
More info and reason for lowering the mast
Our boat has a Schaefer Snapfurl CF-700. We purchased a new jib for it and have been unable to slide the edge of the new sail into the plastic tube. The new sail edge is just a bit to "fat" to slide easily. We have tried spraying Sail ease with no luck. So I figured I would take a dremel tool and slightly widen the edge enough to allow the sail to slide in. This is the reason I needed to lower the mast. If you can think of another solution-Great! Thank you!
Are you having trouble:
1) getting the jib started into the entrance of boltrope groove (slot where jib fits into)?
2) the jib fits into the entrance of the groove,but is too small to slide along the entire length of the groove?
3) or both of the above?
For now, I wouldn't advise resorting to the Drimel unless you are only enlarging the entrance to the groove. BrianW
1) getting the jib started into the entrance of boltrope groove (slot where jib fits into)?
2) the jib fits into the entrance of the groove,but is too small to slide along the entire length of the groove?
3) or both of the above?
For now, I wouldn't advise resorting to the Drimel unless you are only enlarging the entrance to the groove. BrianW
foil size
I had a Snapfurl on my previous boat, great furler much better than the CDI IMHO, however they have a slight problem with the size of slot, it is not standard, I think it is a #5 instead of a #6. A "normal" #5 foil will probably be too big, the size is very critical, the sail loft must be familiar with this furler to make a sail that will go up and down easily. When I contacted Schaefer regarding it they suggested dealing with Sailcare as they sell a lot of their product and should know what to do. Schaefer have a set of specifications on their web site explaining what the max sail dimension can be for these furlers. I have a seen sails damaged because they were just a bit too big. I had a hank-on storm sail I wanted to have converted to use on the Snapfurl, none of the local sail lofts could get the right sized foil to fit the furler slot. I gave up and sold the sail. The genoa I had was made by Somerset Sails and worked perfect in that furler.
good luck, Bob
I had a Snapfurl on my previous boat, great furler much better than the CDI IMHO, however they have a slight problem with the size of slot, it is not standard, I think it is a #5 instead of a #6. A "normal" #5 foil will probably be too big, the size is very critical, the sail loft must be familiar with this furler to make a sail that will go up and down easily. When I contacted Schaefer regarding it they suggested dealing with Sailcare as they sell a lot of their product and should know what to do. Schaefer have a set of specifications on their web site explaining what the max sail dimension can be for these furlers. I have a seen sails damaged because they were just a bit too big. I had a hank-on storm sail I wanted to have converted to use on the Snapfurl, none of the local sail lofts could get the right sized foil to fit the furler slot. I gave up and sold the sail. The genoa I had was made by Somerset Sails and worked perfect in that furler.
good luck, Bob
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