O'Day 192 Jib Furler

[rayhow]

We were using a Schaefer Jib Furler with the original size jib for our 192. There is no model number on the furler, but it is made of plastic. The furler rope goes through a metal grommet in the plastic housing.
It Broke.
What is the best furler for this little daysailer?

 

[Joe11688]

We were using a Schaefer Jib Furler with the original size jib for our 192. There is no model number on the furler, but it is made of plastic. The furler rope goes through a metal grommet in the plastic housing.
It Broke.
What is the best furler for this little daysailer?

I would replace it with a CDI FF-1 Roller Reefing Furler. Get the one without the ball bearings. All that is needed is the flat washer for the drum to spin on. I bought the FF-2 without the ball bearings off Rudy at D & R Marine a few years ago and he advised me on what was needed for the size of my boat. http://www.drmarine.com/
If your mast is Z-Spar with internal halyards and slots for T Ball fittings on the mast, you will need to add a stainless steel tang for your forestay and replace the T Ball fitting with a regular toggle fitting. Otherwise, if you have a mast with tangs, and toggle fittings on your stays, you're all set. If your Jib is still in good condition, you would need to have it converted to fit the vinyl furler luff. A UV shield on the Jib or Genoa is a must. Otherwise, the sail will only last about three seasons. Most of the time, you can get a pretty good buy on a new roller furler with a new Genoa as part of the package. The difference between the CDI FF-1 and FF-2 is the length of the vinyl luff that goes over your forestay. The CDI manufacturer recommends that the foretay have toggles on each end. A T Ball fitting in a mast slot will break after a while from the constant movement of the forestay with the furler attached. The Schaeffer Roller Furlers that came with the 192 and 222 were not all that good. I got rid of the one I had the first year I tried it out on my new O'Day 222 and opted for the conventional hank on Gennie.
Joe

 

[Sunbird22358]

I will second Joe's advice to upgrade to a CDI Furler! The original Schaefer unit was the "Schaefer 100", it was used on the DS III, 192 and 222. It was probably fine for the DS III (still a bit lightly constructed!) but was barely strong enough for the 192 and no doubt at all way to light for the 222 (and I heard that direct from Schaefer). I have one that I bought back when James Bliss closed out their warehouse after being bought out by E&B Marine. I may someday rig it up on my DS II......... or maybe not.
The CDI will allow much better sail shape, will furl easily and it will also allow limited ability to "reef" the jib, without a foam pad sewn into the luff of the jib the sail will be too full (baggy) to sail close-hauled, but will work fine for broad reaching and running. We had an FF2 on our old CAL 21 and it was one of the best things that we ever added! We didn't have the ball-bearing option either, the teflon/plastic bearing was fine for us. Only one caution, the newer CDI Flexible-Furlers use a stainless-steel cup over the furling drum, the edges around the cut-out where the furling line exits was a bit sharp on the one installed by a friend on his CAL 21, easy to fixe with a file..... but a bit disapointing to me after the good quality of the furler on our boat (our furler had a plastic cup). I didn't get a chance to sail with him on his CAL, we ran out of time the day we installed the furler.