Roller furling head sail

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Frank Ireton

Frank Ireton

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Jul 22, 1996
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Hunter 356 Deale MD
I would like to upgrade the roller furling on our boat. I suspect the existing one is factory stock and not big enough for the job with anysail over the stock sail. The plan is to move it back to the staysail and upgrade the headsail. Anyone have experience with this? Costs? Brands? Do-it-yourselfable? Frank *Stargazer
 
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Ed Schenck

Furler upgrade on H37C.

The idea of a furling staystail is a good one. I've seen it on some boats but not up close. I would want to maintain the boom for self-tacking which is the main design problem. It would have to be loose-footed and go back to a cam cleat. But then you would have to go on deck to uncleat so that you could furl it. Or you could remove the boom and add two sheets. I may tackle this problem when it is time for a new staysail. My "Hyde Streamstay One" works well and I can get parts from Rig-Rite(www.rigrite.com). And since I do not plan to increase the size of the genoa it should serve me well. If you move it to the staysail then you may have to add a forestay. The furlers that I am familiar with go over an existing stay. Let us know how this project turns out. Ed(schencked@bfusa.com)
 
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Michael Cohn

Upgrade

I have just finished this task on my H45. It's a big, fairly nasty job. You can almost count on needing to buy a new forestay and fittings, since it is doubtful (but possible) that your old one will fit. You will almost definitely need a Norseman fitting even if you can use your old headstay. I recommend you use a professional rigger to do this job; I started mine and had to bail out in the middle after I realized that I didn't have sufficient knowledge to continue. You will need some measurements: 1. The diameter of the pin that links your present system to the stem fitting. 2. The length of your present headstay *under it's present tension* - very important. Get the length from top to bottom pin centers very accurately. 3. Your headstay diameter. This entire job appears to be much easier than it actually is...again, unless you have done this before, using a rigger is a good idea. I have a Schaefer system and highly recommend it to you. Also, check out the Schaefer stanchion blocks that lead the furling line outside the stanchions - very slick setup. The best price I found was from rig-rite (www.rig-rite.com); talk to Kim. Being in California, I didn't pay sales tax and I got a good deal on my system. MC
 
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