My pre-feeder lives in my nav table drawer most of the time, it's a Schaefer unit on a hunk of dyneema with a shackle that I clip into someplace on deck (I don't do it a lot, so I forget). I use it maybe once a year.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 2 April 2014 11:27, Alan Bergen <alan-at-h...@comcast.net> wrote: > My pre-feeder is attached to a padeye, at the base of the forestay, with a > piece of line. Once the jib is hoisted, it drops off the luff to the > deck. You don't want the pre-feeder attached once the job is hoisted, or > it would jam when you try to lower the jib. If your luff rope goes all the > way to the tack, you might ask your sailmaker to hot knife off a section to > accommodate the pre-feeder. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > All, > > I was thinking of mounting a jib pre-feeder on the foil for the furler, > but i'm concerned about the sail chafing when the jib is partially furled. > > Should I just tie it to the chainplate so it is out of the way (but under > foot) when the sail is up, or attach it to the foil. I have both dacron and > Kevlar jibs. > > -- > Joel > 35/3 > Annapolis > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > CnC-List mailing list > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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