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Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:42 am
by Catigale
Send me those pics and I will post for posterior...
Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:16 am
by Judy B
Tomfoolery wrote:K9Kampers wrote:The furl line has the tendency to wind around the top half of the spool, hence jamming.
Sounds like the fairlead has to be moved closer, or made shorter, or some of both. The line has to hit the middle of the drum at 90 degrees to the drum centerline, which is also the forestay CL.
Ditto what Tomfoolery said:
The furling line has to hit the middle of the drum at 90 degrees to the axis of rotation of the drum (90 degrees to the forestay).
Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:28 pm
by WHRoeder
Keep tension on the furling line while deploying the sail so it doesn't wrap and is tightly spooled so it doesn't jam when being pulled.
Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:48 pm
by Nautical Miles
You won't believe this....... but, I used to have mine jam a lot. After much experimentation, I discovered that if I unfurl on a port tack mine furls back in just fine. However, most every time I let it out on a starboard tack..... it will be hull to furl in at the end of the day. Why? I don't know. I am careful to have a little tension on the furling line on both tacks, trying to get a smooth spooling. But, it works 100% after unfurling on port tack and 50/50 on starboard unfurl. Maybe its just me? It could be worth a shot?
Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:16 pm
by Catigale
Which side you unfurl on shouldn't make a difference, but if you furl on the same side, that might make the difference.
Furling on the same side of the furler line can change the geometry enough that the modes will differ.
My
furler Is rigged to port, so the starboard tack would be the one I would expect trouble.
Re: CDI FF2 jamming issue
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:15 pm
by tewharaunz
Sometimes the forestay/furler gets a bend in it after sitting in storage. When this happens the furling and unfurling is jerky and uneven. Once it warms up or the mast is up for a while it sorts itself out.
Also, we had a forestay failure during a South Island MacGregor get-together and the distributor had an extra forestay to sell us, but it was for an
, which is a bit shorter than the
.
+1 on getting the angle right... We added a couple of shackles to the bottom to make up the length but it really screwed up the angle from the fairlead to the CDI furler. We dropped the mast (again! on the water) and moved the shackles to the top and it solved it.
I guess I should get a proper
forestay and reclaim those shackles....
TeWharau