I've had several instances of my furling mainsail on my 2007 343 becoming caught so that I can't pull it out with the outhaul. The leech of the sail becomes twisted and doubled at or above the second spreader. Getting the sail extracted from the slot then requires going up the mast on a bosuns chair to yank it out by hand. Since this first happended I've been particularly careful to release the vang and slack the sheet when I'm pulling the sail out or retracting it, but it hasn't eliminated the problem. Has anyone else had the experience or found a solution?
Stuck in-mast furling sail
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Hi, This is a little off topic but has to do with sails jamming in a furling system so here goes, I have an O'Day 25, I put the mast up the other day but while raising the jib up my dual guide auto furler I cannot get the sail to the top of the furler there is something obstructing its 'slide' inside of the guide, it is a self contained furler system so the running end of the halyard will be inside of the other rail. Is there, or does anyone have any ideas of how I could get something up there to scrape out whatever is blocking the sails movement. It is definitely not stuck in a joint or anything like that I can see a dark spot inside of the furler where it is stuck I'm almost certain its mud or hardened dirt or sorts. Any ideas? Other than a long pole with a blade which is kind of what I'm working on now.
Or if anyone knows any ways I can circumvent this issue just for this season I'd love to hear that as well.
Thanks in advance for any info
Or if anyone knows any ways I can circumvent this issue just for this season I'd love to hear that as well.
Thanks in advance for any info
There have been many discussions of this type in the past. What I always do, is to crank the vang down and leave a little wind in the sail to make sure that the sail goes in tight and without any twist. I haven't had a problem since.
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