We've also had experience where there was not enough backstay tension causing the foil to sag giving the impression of 'stop, turn, stop' as you fight the curve.
Ed Prime Interest 1982 C&C 38 Landfall Toronto, Canada -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 9:20 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Ultrafurl - sticking It could be as simple as too much tension on the forestay. If you try and furl with your backstay cranked tight, that can make any furler bind. Bill Bina On 7/15/2013 9:08 AM, Stevan Plavsa wrote: > Hi All. > > It seems the drum on my ultrafurl is sticking. I know that other C&Cs > used this furling gear so I was hoping for some feedback from other > ultrafurl owners. I dropped the swivel down and it is fine so I'm > blaming the drum. It needs a lot of coaxing to turn and it will turn, > then come to a stop, turn, then stop, turn then stop .. etc. The > energy required to turn it is quite high, I have to go forward and > manually turn the drum to furl or unfurl the sail. How can I > troubleshoot this? I'm nervous that this will require some forestay > action but I'm hoping not. > According to their site it can be installed without dropping the > forestay so I'm hoping I can take it apart too. It's an Ultrafurl 500. > I'm waiting on an email back from ultrafurl. > > Any ideas? > Thanks, > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
