You are buying a used Harken Model 2-187 roller furler. This unit has performed flawlessly for us and the prior owner, with the below noted exception. Other than that we elected to replace our standing rigging, we would still be using this unit. However, "in for a penny, in for a pound" so to speak, we replaced this workhorse at the same time.
This is a cruising-racing unit, with dual slots in the foil. Our sail had a 53'8" luff, but depending on how you mounted it, it could take more. That's because it comes with straps which extend the mounting point up to 6" below the standard chain plate mounting point, and the top rotating part was well under the top of the foil, as shown in the wear points in the photos. Less than a year ago, a weld failed at the top of the furler (just under the fair lead for the bolt rope). The furler was taken off for rewelding (seen as the black area in the top of the furler drum area), and pronounced sound by a noted rigger in Portland, Maine, so we went ahead and spent the $700 to have it done right. That has been the only issue in our use, and as the prior owner kept detailed logs, I'm reasonably confident that there were no prior issues. This unit and foils has been disassembled. The very extensive picture gallery of its removal and parts as ready to ship or pick up can be found at http://justpickone.org/skip/gallery/ind ... spsize=640<http://justpickone.org/skip/gallery/index.php?mode=album&album=HarkenFurler&dispsize=640>(cut and paste if this doesn’t show up as a link!). If you're not familiar with how a furler sets up, these pictures should easily show you all the details. As well, I have the maintenance manual in pdf form I'll email to you. In order to disassemble this unit and the foils, you have to drive pins from the bearings - the interior sections which hold the foil sections together. Included with this sale is replacement pins from Harken, and the instructions on how to use them. The instructions make reference to other supplies beyond pins; they are NOT included with this sale but are readily available. The bearings were difficult to remove, and of the 7 sections, each 7' long, plus the fairlead and top sections (each much shorter), 4 would not release the bearings. That means that some of the foils will have the bearings attached to one end; the other 4 bearings are out and ready for reinsertion on your assembly. In the course of removing the bearings, some force was applied to the ends of the foils; being soft aluminum, some minor deformation occurred. Any such deformation has been faired so that the furler will hoist and furl fair. However, it would be a simple matter, if it was of concern, to shorten the given foil by the tiny amount involved and drill new holes for the pins supplied. Harken supplies a StaLok/Norseman equivalent end for their turnbuckle (which is accessible by removing some screws and lifting the furler drum). Pictures show that this is in good condition with no rust and soft polysulfide in the joint. We cut our forestay at the top of the furler so as to leave you some wire to work with when you open that fitting; of course, you'll use your own forestay when it's installed. Shipping will be challenging, as the foils box is close to 8' long (making it oversized for any but common carrier shippers) and, in our new (single slot) installation, weighed 42 pounds. The new furler we bought weighed 28 pounds; I expect this will be heavier. So, shipping will have to be determined depending on where you are and your preferred method; you could contact your preferred shipper and find out what those two packages would be from 31522 if you'd like. Or, you can pick it up on the dock in Saint Simons Island, GA! I'm happy to answer any questions you may have - you can write to me directly at [email protected]. Also feel free, if you're so inclined, to wander around the rest of my gallery and you can see what else we've done to our home, as well as see many pictures of the furler in action. If you're within a reasonable distance, you can also come have a first-hand look before I box it up. Harken no longer makes a dual purpose (racing and cruising) furler, but the single-foil version (same Version 2, but cruising only) is right at $2000 in this configuration. Snap it up at only $400, and I'll even throw in the 100' furling line new in the bag that Harken provided us with our new unit. We won't be taking this with us, so someone will have a workhorse furler, very soon. Come and get it! L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog The Society for the Preservation of Tithesis commends your ebriated and scrutible use of delible and defatigable, which are gainly, sipid and couth. We are gruntled and consolate that you have the ertia and eptitude to choose such putably pensible tithesis, which we parage. >>Stamp out Sesquipedalianism<<
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