Jim, Lube the daylights out of it and be aware a spider nest will choke it up big time. One of our guys went by a sail maker an just got a bolt rope section about a foot long made with two grommets as a cleaning/lube tool. Tuff Luffs are usually a bit of a racers bit of gear. The twin grooves can be used to hoist a new sail behind the one in use and then drop the old sail.
Twin grooves on a furler get really cool for a cruiser. You can hoist twin head sail and rig the boat to fly them wing on wing. It makes for a lower center of force than a spinnaker and they can be furled. Even a single-handing Wylie 34 ran a Pacific Cup rigged this way. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bernstorf Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Twin track thingy OK...that's it then. I will lube the daylights out of it and buy a longer rope this time! Thanks!!! Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick R Ford Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Twin track thingy Jim, Re sail won't drop--I attached a thin cord to the top lug-- ran it back to cockpit with small blocks--a little yank and it's down Pat Seabiscuit 3692 P{ort Washington, WI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bernstorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 11:57 AM Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Twin track thingy > Tf, > > That makes sense...reducing the friction level should help. I ended up > spraying Teflon lubricant on the slides of the mainsail which probably cut > in half the effort needed to raise the sails. I wonder if that grease goo > stuff would leave a mess on my sails or if it would be like the Teflon > spray > and just dry and be more slippery. I will check that out at West Marine. > For the most part I like everything about this system except the fact that > the sail won't drop. My wife and I really aren't in to racing. We just > love to sail and I do like things to work well.....although I do have to > admit that I am happier when my boat is passing someone as opposed to them > passing me! > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Twin track thingy > > Jim, it's most likely a TuffLuffR and it's both a boon and a hassle > depending on how often you singlehand. Ideally there is a prefeeder about > 18" below the entry for the luff rope and that's help if you have your > main halyard running back to the cockpit. Dousing is an issue though and > it sounds like your instincts are spot-on when you tried installing a > downhaul...but as you mentioned, I'm not sure how effective it would be if > it's run all the way up to the jib's headboard. > > One thing that will make setting and dousing the jib easier would be to do > some maintenance on the luff foil (TuffLuff). West sells a jib foil > maintenance kit which is bascially a triangle of heavy sail cloth sewn on > to a fairly stiff piece of bolttope with provision to attach the jib > halyard and a downhaul (or messenger) to haul the thing back > down...included in the kit is a tube of greasy stuff that you apply to the > bolt-rope and then you systematically haul the contraption a few feet up > the jib foil, work it back and forth, remove it and re-apply a bit more of > the greasy-goo and do another section further up the luff foil. After you > do this your jib will drop out of the luff foil one heckuva lot easier... > > but you are right, unless you are changing headsails underway, the foil > doesn't offer much of an advantage to a singlehander, except ease of > swapping sails underway...it's faster to start the sail (no hoarde of > hanks to snap on when you're up front) but it's definitely more of an > issue to douse the sail without a jib downhauler. > > tf > > > > > not down the stay (because of >> the angle). That makes single handing pretty awkward (but not >> impossible). >> I picked up a length of rope to use as a down haul but it ended up too >> short >> so I couldn't use it. However after tying it on I wondered if it would >> work >> anyway since pulling on it would pull the top six inches that is not in >> that >> slide thing down over itself and probably hang up the thing anyway. I >> guess >> this is set up for racing since the previous owner seems to have >> installed >> everything he could with marking numbers everywhere and way more halyards >> than I will ever need! >> >> >> >> I don't have the money at this point to put on a furler unit which would >> be >> the obvious answer but I am curious if this is a racing set up how racers >> handle it. >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> Jim Bernstorf >> >> Jules Distribution >> >> 6025 Cloverland Drive >> >> Brentwood, TN 37027 >> >> 615.833.1848 >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >
