Hi all sailers,
Bought my H355 89 last year, love it, except for the profurl continuous rope under deck furler. The idea is very good since it can never get stuck. But I found it quite hard to use by rough wind, if you don't hold enough pressure, it unfurl all sail, and if you have to furl it, you only have one hand to pull, its very hard on strong wind.
What I did cost me 100$ and took 3 hours. I bought a 3 inches rachet harken pulley, a 10 inches long spring, 20 pounds of pressure (estimation) and a 3 inch V-cleat.
Attach the cleat somewhere at aft that is accessible, put some rope at both ends of spring, one end to the cleat, the other end to pulley wich is now in the loop, you adjust the tension and use the pulley in the direction where it keeps the sail from unfurling when locked. So you just unlock and let go the sail you want and just switch the on button to stop it. And now you can use both hands to pull for furling. Works very well so far
Regards,
Robert
Bought my H355 89 last year, love it, except for the profurl continuous rope under deck furler. The idea is very good since it can never get stuck. But I found it quite hard to use by rough wind, if you don't hold enough pressure, it unfurl all sail, and if you have to furl it, you only have one hand to pull, its very hard on strong wind.
What I did cost me 100$ and took 3 hours. I bought a 3 inches rachet harken pulley, a 10 inches long spring, 20 pounds of pressure (estimation) and a 3 inch V-cleat.
Attach the cleat somewhere at aft that is accessible, put some rope at both ends of spring, one end to the cleat, the other end to pulley wich is now in the loop, you adjust the tension and use the pulley in the direction where it keeps the sail from unfurling when locked. So you just unlock and let go the sail you want and just switch the on button to stop it. And now you can use both hands to pull for furling. Works very well so far
Regards,
Robert