Yesterday I put a No 3 cruising headsail on my furler that hasn't been used for nine months.
The furer is as new with little use.
The line did not flow smoothly but I played with the halyard tension and the angle of the line feed and that improved it.
The furling line was soaking wet from being keep in the anchor well and that may be an issue.
I think I will change the furling line, maybe to a lower gauge if it hasn't improved with drying out.
Any ideas?

Thanks for that.
I think I had 8mm on it.
I have found a near new coil of 6mm so I will give that a try

garymalmgren said..
Yesterday I put a No 3 cruising headsail on my furler that hasn't been used for nine months.

Sorry BB, but does this mean that there was no sail on the furler for nine months or that the No3 was packed away?

Also
The line did not flow smoothly but I played with the halyard tension and the angle of the line feed and that improved it.


Do mean that the furling line will not roll into the drum smoothly or will not pull out from the drum freely?

Gary

There was no sail on the furler for nine months.
Yes, it does not move freely in or out but improved with what I did.

garymalmgren said..
BB
the regular maintenance recommend by some furler makers is to douse the internals with fresh water.
This should flush out the salt, sand and grime that accumulates in the bearings and mechanism.
You need a bit of pressure. J ust flushing with a bucket of water won't do it.
So next time you tie up where there is a tap and a hose. Go for it.

gary

Yes I see what you mean.
I have just used the bucket before.
Thanks
ps Still loving the videos you posted

Ramona said..
I have just changed mine. I had 6mm double braid and religiously kept tension on it as I unfurled the head sail. After only a few months the colours flecks in the rope faded and it went soft when wet and started having loops form on the drum. Changed to 6mm Spectra with a particularly stiff cover and it's solved the problem. The new rope is of obviously better quality.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/15m-X-6mm-RED-DOUBLE-BRAID-WITH-DYNEEMA-SK75-CORE-HALYARD-MARINE-ROPE-1800kg/273475828310?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I have bought quite a bit of rope from this bloke lately and it's all been good.

Good eBay store Ramona, thanks for that!

What brand of furler??
Also if putting a #3 on your furler, make sure it has a pendent/extension to keep the halyard swivel high enough

shaggybaxter said..

rumblefish said..
What brand of furler??
Also if putting a #3 on your furler, make sure it has a pendent/extension to keep the halyard swivel high enough

Aaaah...of course!
Thanks Rumble, I never quite twigged to the pendant being for that reason, but that makes a lot of sense.
Cheers,
SB

No problem!
Less important on a profurl as they use that plastic thing on top of the foil which is supposed to stop halyard wrap (but in reality works sometimes!)

I should of added, the reason for having the swivel at the right spot is to keep the halyard pulling away from the swivel, thus preventing halyard wrap :)