I struggled with jamming under various conditions on mine, and found the following issues affected things, and when I pay attention to them, jams are much less frequent. These may be obvious to you, but they weren't to me... :)
1. Halyard tension - too tight makes it difficult to furl, and too loose may result in halyard wrapping around the foil at the top. 2. Furling line not lead to centre of drum - offset will cause line to pile up and cross itself leading to jams. 3. Not tailing the furling line to apply light pressure during unfurling - too loose a line, especially if sail whips out too fast, can result in a mess of line crossing itself on the spool. Maybe not an issue in light winds, but a jammer for sure in a breeze. If this is something new, it could also be salt buildup in the drum bearings - my neighbour's drum had this problem. Our last sail on Jan 1st sounds similar to yours - bright sun, warm (10C, so warm for us), but winds were 25 building to 35 before we decided to turn back and sailed the harbour for a while instead. We hit 7.7 with the rail buried and just a 95 jib out. We ended up having to use the motor to tack after 3 attempts as the seas were 4-5' by that time and I didn't want to try a gybe in those winds. A bit more excitement than we were prepared for, but I'm sure glad we got out. Snow in the forecast next week, and we probably won't get out again for a month or so as I tackle the electrical. -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:11 PM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Today was a GREAT day for sailing, 20+ from the south so we had flat > water and great wind. We hit about 7.2 with just 2/3s of a jib :) > Heading back to the marina the wind was increasing and when we went to > roll the sail up, it was not rolling :( We ended up dropping it and > folding it up like it was the 1970s or something. THE HORROR!!!!!!!! > Anyway, the line for the furler feels kind of old and crappy. Has anyone > ever had the line jam itself inside the drum cover? > > Joe > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I Kent Island MD - land of pleasant living and 65 degree > January days > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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