Sv: [AlbinVega] storm jib

[Brian Hofler]

Hi all Vega sailers

The original storm jib is: 5,70 meter luff, 2,64 m foot, 4,28 m leech - cloth weight 310 gram per square meter. It should be possible for you to convert the metric figures into foot, inches etc. (American conversions: 0.8 (oz per yard, with 28 1/2 in) = 34 gram per sq meter) , 5 meters = 16.40 Imp. feet. "What a mess, why don´t you go metric??"

I have a Harken Unit 0 furling gear myself, but my sailmaker has invented something that he calls "the furling link". It is a piece of sail cloth with an eyelet and a carbine hook - the luff part is made to fit the Harken profile. You will need as many "furling links" as the number of eyelets.

Many greetings from

Walther
Denmark
President of VODA

 

[reefmagnet]

Walther,

Thanks for this information. A question about the "furling link" --
does the luff part go into the luff track on the Harken rig (that is, do
you have to remove the furling jib first)? Or does it somehow wrap
around or slide over the furled jib?

Thanks,
Tom

Walther Nerving wrote: