Roller furling problems

[Steve L22188]

I recently purchased an 88 O'Day 302 with an original ProFurl roller furling. I replaced the line and the roller furling works very poorly - the line seems to jam on the drum no matter how carefully we release the jib. The line either loops its way out of the prongs that surround the open drum or, more recently (after being more carefull in releasing the jib and keeping good, constant pressure on the roller furling line) the line seems to wedge itself against itself when wrapping around the drum. It certainly defeats the purpose of roller furling if you have to go to the front of the boat and hand turn the mechanism to get the jib furled!Would going to larger line help? Will anything help? Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[cory h]

line

did you replace it with just off the shelf line ? you need line with no core it makes it look square ! if you dont it will swell up and not work right

 

[Calif. Ted]

Most furlers require you to "core" most of the

line that goes onto the drum, makes it lie flat and not get so many overrides, also reduces mass so line will fit on the drum.