| Re: Hooter problem
[Re: cyberspeed]
#51114 06/16/05 08:46 AM 06/16/05 08:46 AM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | About the drum size: There is no need to go to a larger drum size just so you can have bigger, more comfortable line to furl. Simply use the 1:2 ratio which is very easy on the hands and is much faster to furl. Here is how you do it. From the furler drum you use very small line. It goes to a turning block (fixed, without a swivel)(for example, look at http://store.catsailor.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jmmrrmhnp8)and back to dead end under the furler drum. From the turning block use a much larger, more comfortable to your hands line and run it to the **** and through a cleat. Now you will be pulling on easy line and for every foot of comfortable retriever line you pull, you furl 2 feet of small line. I have never had a problem with the upper section not furling unless it was really howling and I was forced to furl while going upwind. As for windage there is no more windage in a tightly furled sailed than there is in a big bag hanging out in front of the boat. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Rick | | | Re: Hooter problem
[Re: cyberspeed]
#51117 06/16/05 10:24 PM 06/16/05 10:24 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,911 South Florida & the Keys arbo06
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Posts: 1,911 South Florida & the Keys | Keep an eye on your mast, I noticed funky beds in mine as the wind got over 8-9 knots. I was thinkin' I needed some rear stays....
Eric Arbogast ARC 2101 Miami Yacht Club | | | Re: Hooter problem
[Re: arbo06]
#51118 06/17/05 06:38 AM 06/17/05 06:38 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Keep an eye on your mast, I noticed funky beds in mine as the wind got over 8-9 knots. I was thinkin' I needed some rear stays.... I didn't know you put a hooter on that beast....more sheet tension might help your mast and/or keeping the mast rotated such that the major axis is handling the bending load. It's imperitive to maintain sheet tension on some of these spinnaker boats with softer masts.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Hooter problem
[Re: Mike]
#51119 06/20/05 11:54 PM 06/20/05 11:54 PM |
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 713 WA, ID, MT davefarmer
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Posts: 713 WA, ID, MT | I'm using one on a Reynolds 21, and it needs to be totally blanketed, under no tension, to furl properly. Otherwise it furls to tightly initially (particularly at the bottom), and doesn't develop a large enough diameter to fully wind up the rest of the sail (often up high). In winds over 12 to 15 kts, reliable furling is questionable, I'm always prepared to drop it if I can't get it in cleanly on a couple of tries.
Dave H16, SC20, R21 | | | Re: Hooter problem
[Re: davefarmer]
#51120 06/21/05 07:04 AM 06/21/05 07:04 AM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | Boy, I certainly do not understand how this could be happening. Cripe, I just raced last weekend for 8 hours and 17 minutes in the Round the Bay Race and furled the Hooter at least 50 times (every time I tacked upwind) and not once did it furl wrong. As I said in previous posts, you must be sheeting too much on the foot and not enough on upper part of the sail to cause such a problem. Was the sail cut for the boat or did you get it second-handed? Are you using the 1:2 ratio on the furler line or the 1:1? 1:2 is far superior. (see post above on how to do it.) Have you been lubing the upper turning swivel? If it drags, that could cause the upper not furling as fast as the lower part of the sail. Good luck, Rick | | |
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