Do you have a halyard restrainer? Get a pair of binoculars and look at the top of the mast. Is the halyard wrapping around the forestay? Harken recommends at least a 7 degree divergence between halyard and forestay. If the halyard runs close to and parallel with the forestay there is potential for it to wrap.
How long since you flushed the swivel and drum bearings? Do you sail in salt water environment? Drop the sail and liberally wash the swivel and drum bearings with fresh water. Spray the drum from underneath. If you have it, spray some Sailkote McLube into the bearings. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 12:08 AM, RPH via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I just bent on my main and jib this evening. While furling my jib, the > furler (Harken) seemed to get caught up somehow. It was as if the furler > wanted to unwind a little, if that makes sense. > > I know that my jib sheets were not fouled. It felt as if I was twisting > the foil or the forestay. > > I managed to furl by repeatedly backing off and gingerly furling again. > > Anyway, I'm asking because this happened to me last summer under sail > while I was trying to reef. The situation was as above, but with the added > drama of a wildly flapping jib. > > Is there an obvious reason for this? > > Robert H. > 1989 C&C 30 MKII > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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