Does anyone have any experience with taking down the mast on a Hunter 380 with roller furling for transportation? Any tricks to it? Should the main be removed from the furler or can the whole thing come down in one piece? Appreciate any feedback. Appreciate anyone's thoughts on it.
Transporting a 386 and taking down a Selden Main Furler
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Yes you should take the sail off and take everything apart off the mast and plastic wrap the whole mast to prevent road dirt from getting into the spaces in the mast and protect it from damage and take photo's of how everything goes back together and make notes to reinstall everything.
Nick
Yes you should take the sail off and take everything apart off the mast and plastic wrap the whole mast to prevent road dirt from getting into the spaces in the mast and protect it from damage and take photo's of how everything goes back together and make notes to reinstall everything.
Nick
Make sure that the shrouds are individually wrapped in some heavy martial like carpet pad or the like be for wrapping it all up. I paid a shop in FL to wrap mine for transport and they just tigtly wrapped everything together in shrink wrap, but on a 1500 mile trip the SS cables left a few cable marks on the spar.
I pulled my main, but I am not sure that you need to.
Other than that not a big deal.
Ice breaker, did you notice any fluid in the wrapping? I don't know if there is any lubrication on the main furler that might potentially stain the mainsail or if it's completely dry. It's my first experience with a furling on a main.
Also, when you re-hang the main, how should it be wrapped? I saw an old post that indicated it should be wrapped counter-clockwise. I found the online manual for the 386 so I suppose I could check that for any instructions specific to hanging the main. Appreciate your feedback on this.
Also, when you re-hang the main, how should it be wrapped? I saw an old post that indicated it should be wrapped counter-clockwise. I found the online manual for the 386 so I suppose I could check that for any instructions specific to hanging the main. Appreciate your feedback on this.
To transport my boat about 800 miles, the sail was removed from the mast and the shrouds and spreaders removed also. This is not a hard job to do and easy to put back together. Identify your shrouds and mark the end point of the turnbuckles. Wrap the mast well.
The mast was easy compared to removing and reinstalling the arch which you will need to do if you are travelling under any bridge or wires.
Marc
I pulled my main, as it is not that hard to do. I figured it was one less issue to deal with. The Yard security guard helped me fold it up.
The rigging crew, and I use that term very loosely, hired the yard crane to pull the mast and arch. I had already pulled the boom and removed all but two bolts from the arch and had disconnected the speakers and lights. I had un-wired the mast connections too. Other than the heavy weight of the mast it is not very complex.
Make sure that you get a quote for the work. I bought during the great recession, and they tried to double my bill, cause I things were slow, and I was going north. Really left a bad taste for FL.
We loosened up the diagonals, pulled the spreader end pins, but left all of the shrouds and diagonals connected. It really saves time and confusion when re assembling the mast. Spreaders were removed. The jib furller was removed, but wrapped with the Mast as a bundle. Make sure that you Visualize the attach point for the fore stay, as it is easy on the ground to put the locking pin in the wrong place and effectively set your self up for a fore stay failure.
Your question about oil......nothing to worry about. The gears are greased, and I have never seen any thing drip out.
Your other question about which way to furl the sail? easy. set the sail lock to ratchet. you can now only crank it in correctly. I do not use a continuous loop, I go to the mast with a winch handle, so my sail is always locked in ratchet until deployed.
