Roller Furling

[Kris Cox]

Here's the situation. I just bought this '86 H-23. The former owner had the mast laying on the mast crutch for trailering. He left the Hood roller furling system connected, sail and all. It kind of snaked back and forth from the forestay plate to the end of the mast. When I was trying to reach under the cockpit for something, I pushed the jib over a little bit and I heard a loud snap. It appears that the long plastic piece that goes along the forestay is now broken (the sail/forestay now easily bends sharply at that point). How much damage did I do? Is this expensive? Is it easy to fix?Signed,Bummed-out in Florida (Kris)

 

[Cliff Ruckstuhl]

Call Hood

Call Hood and get replacement parts.

 

[Kris Cox]

5 Stars for Hood!

I learned that the thing surrounding the forestay that snapped is called the "luff extrusion." I called Hood, and they can't remember one ever being returned. They told me to ship it to them for examination, which I did. On the same day, they shipped me a replacement--FREE of charge. I received it today and it is now installed on my boat. Thank you Hood!