Sagging roller furler

[glasshopper77]

Greetings, first post here!
Just got the mast raised with no problems on our new to us 26m. I attached the furler (I believe it's a cdi ff2) and it is not right at all, has some serious sagging to it.
I tried adjusting the turnbuckles but doesn't seem to make a difference one way or the other.

Do these forestays in these curlers "stretch" over time?
Any advice as to how to get this thing tight cause the mast is leaning quite a bit when I release the winch on the gin pole....

Thanks!!

[Jimmyt]

Please attach a picture if you can. Pics of where you attached the furler, and a picture from the side of the boat that shows the mast rake and other rigging.

All of the rigging has to be set so the mast is centered and vertical when viewed from bow or stern, and has the correct rake viewed from either side. Just went through the process myself, and wound up adjusting the shrouds, not the forestay. Of course, your forestay may be the problem. But, until you have gotten the boat level and checked the mast alignment, you don't know.

Manual is available on this site, which shows the factory recommended rake. There is a tool for adjusting the shrouds, but you can probably figure out some way to do it.



I would recommend having another person with you to handle the pins and ring-dings. You need to only have one thing loose at a time, and adjusting the tension is a two-hand job.

If you adjust the forestay, keep the mast raising rig on it to keep the mast from falling. I did have at least one shroud adjuster slip away from me. Fortunately, everything else was still connected and nothing fell.

[Tomfoolery]

I have an , not an , but the general principle is the same. Adjust the forestay for the correct mast rake, then tension the shrouds for the correct mast bend and preload.

The has a backstay, but that's not part of tuning, at least not at first, so in that sense, both boat models are the same. The tension in the forestay is a result of the tension in the shrouds (or side stays if you like), and cannot be independently adjusted. Think of the mast as a simple pole with three guy wires holding it up - increasing the tension on any one of the guys increases the tension on the other two. The forestay is just one of the three guy wires, and therefore cannot be adjusted for tension independently.

To adjust mine, I keep the MRS attached, and after determining what needs to be adjusted, I unpin the forestay, tilt the mast back just a little, adjust the stay adjuster(s) as needed (usually equally on each side, once side-to-side symmetry is established), then retension the MRS, reattach the forestay, slacken the MRS, and check the result. Repeat as necessary.

If the forestay is too saggy, the shrouds are also too loose.

[glasshopper77]

Thanks for the responses.

I forgot to mention I did notice the forward shrouds are super tight (as in they twang) and the aft shrouds are a little loose, on both sides.

When I step back to look at the position of the mast it looks good to me, but when I release the tension of the MRS the mast has a serious lean.

I will get pictures up in a couple hours.

A little frustrating as I have experience raising and adjusting shrouds (did this with our last boat, a Catalina 22) but the Catalina had turnbuckles for adjusting the shrouds. If one was a little tight just turn the turnbuckle and done...

New boat, new systems i suppose.

[kurz]

All ist said... Maybe you van point out that for tightening the forestay you have to tighten the UPPER shrouds!