I'm hearing that you tried to furl from 2/3 rolled out? If so, most likely scenario (barring some sort of halyard wrap) was that your furling line was loosely wrapped in the drum as soon as you unfurled then tightened up as you sailed with the furling line cleated. What probably happened is you had an override in the drum. That is, a wrap or two tightened on itself and prevented you from pulling any more line from the drum. Each puff and tack may have tightened the override. Been there, done that.
To prevent this (and you may already know this): 1. first, make sure the first block in your furling line system is adjusted so the furling line leads perpendicular into the center of the drum. I usually sight the line from off the boat to see if it is perpendicular to the forestay. If the block is too high, the line will ball up in the upper part of the drum. If too low, it will ball up in the lower part of the drum. Both situations will make the system prone to overrides. 2. Second, as others have said, keep a bit of tension on the furling line when unfurling. That will cause the wraps to be tighter on the drum from the beginning, thus minimizing any opportunity for overrides. Touche' has a Harken ratcheting carbo block for the aftmost block in the system. With the ratchet on and a 90 degree turn into the cockpit, the furling line always has a bit of tension as the sail unfurls. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 4:11 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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