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Thanks guys, will have to get down to the chandler and see if they have something to fit...

Forgive my lack of imagination, but does anyone have a picy of this connecting the furler to the gin pole idea?

nobody off hand knows the size of the clevis pin required for the standard furler do they?

Cheers

I drilled out all pins for 1/4 diamiter so I don't have to second guess and carry only 1/4 pins.This also included Mac.M gin pole for my X.
Keeps it simple and less spare parts.
Dave

Mac26Mpaul wrote:nobody off hand knows the size of the clevis pin required for the standard furler do they?

Cheers

Great Idea DaveB. Are there any you wouldnt drill out?

DaveB wrote:I drilled out all pins for 1/4 diamiter so I don't have to second guess and carry only 1/4 pins.This also included Mac.M gin pole for my X.
Keeps it simple and less spare parts.
Dave

Mac26Mpaul wrote:nobody off hand knows the size of the clevis pin required for the standard furler do they?

Cheers

The furler guidance system is an excellent idea !
Thats going on my to-do lista along with ;

mast baby stays
gin-pole baby stays

Thanks !

Paul - the CDI furler uses a 6mm pin - a 1/4 inch pin will not fit. It will drill to take the 1/4inch in 3.14 seconds, not counting finding your drill bits....and your 6mm pin will still be usable (ie, not excessive slop)

That makes it easy,, thanks guys

Depending on how you transport it's not such a worry raising and lowering on water except for the chance of dropping things in the water, with the furler pin I have a spare tied there just in case as at times we have had to raise and lower for bridges etc, also leave the baby stays for the raising pole attached.

Catigale wrote:It will drill to take the 1/4inch in 3.14 seconds,...

Easy as pi, eh?

~Rich

Gypsy wrote:The furler guidance system is an excellent idea !
Thats going on my to-do lista along with ;

mast baby stays
gin-pole baby stays

Thanks !

DItto for me. Great idea.

Rob

Found one of the old posts about the furler guidance rope thingy...HERE. Was trying to find it because I wanted to try it this weekend when I re-mount the genny to my new furler luff...

I seem to raise and lower the mast singlehanded 80% of the time.

After the 1st season, I came up with two little tricks.
#1) I have a carwash mitt - extra fluffy that I stuff the CDI roller furler can into. It's perfect for protecting the gelcoat.
#2) I always keep a roll of clear hockey tape in my hip pocket. Not the kind for a stick, but the one for taping socks around the shinpads. You can tape the furler close to the mast to keep it under control. When the mast is at a very low angle (either on the way up or the way down), I tape the flexible furling foil close to the end of the mast raiser. Some call the mast raiser a gin pole. That way you always know where the end of the furler can is. If it starts to induce a bend, then cleat the mast raising line, run up to the bow and adjust the hockey tape to a new position.
I use the hockey tape for securing the shrouds and halyards as well, before trailering. It has the perfect combination of adhesion, strength and is still easy to tear, - no knife or scissor required.

Finally, I discovered after my second season, by taping with the sticky side OUT, the hold is just as effective and there absolutely no gummy residue.
Try it.

Ralph k.
Whitby, Ontario

My was delivered and launched with the mast down. The dealer had to leave as by that time it was very late. The next day a friend and i used the mast raiser with no problems. The boat was anchored in smooth water behind a small island. The mast raiser is a great option. They should have a built in pocket for it somewhere on the boat.

Ixniegh

Tried the little rope-around-the-mast-raising-hardware trick when putting the furler up this weekend - didn't seem to work the way I had it on there - it seemed to bind the four-part block ropes of the mast-raising system I have on the S, especially at the very beginning when it is the hardest to pull.
Then, I tried just looping it around one of the four ropes in the block system - nope, bound on that too.
So I tried tying the loop to the sloped part of the starboard safety line...better. Still sags, and at that point the top interferes slightly with the shrouds/spreaders as they go up, but not bad.
Last, played with a bungee cord strung from the furler end to the safety line, then moved it to the pulpit railing as I got the mast higher up (to keep it from drooping too much). That seemed to work nicely too, as it kept pulling the furler toward the front of the boat.

Have a sore back from raising and lowering the mast several times while playing with this...

Anyone want to do a show-and-tell video of their furler-management-during-mast-raising-system? Would love to see it and get a better idea.