[Public-List] Roller furling................ Jib Downhaul

Thu Sep 28 08:29:04 PDT 2017

Hello, 
I rigged a down haul on my Typhoon, yes a smaller boat, but...... I always sailed into the dock on the jib only and when I wanted it down I wanted it down and.......to stay down! This was threaded through each piston hank, attached at the head with a bowline through the shackle, run through a small turning block at the stem, also attached via the tack shackle, then back to a block halfway to the cockpit to a horn cleat inside the combing. The process which worked well for me was to lower the jib with the downhaul (while) maintaining some drag on the halyard. This kept the sail from bunching up ahead of time. Never any real problem once I got the method down. 

When the sail was hoisted the downhaul was cleated = no slapping of the line. I usually recleated the downhaul once the sail was doused = a nasty puff would not redeploy the jib. 

Nice thing about tiller steering is that you can drive while doing all of this with the tiller between your legs. 

Skippers have trouble with bunching of the jib or Genoa if they just release the halyard and then try to beat it down by taking up the downhaul. The sail, especially a larger sail, in the right conditions will fall faster than one can take up the downhaul. Keeping tension on the released halyard eliminates this issue. 

Michael #133, oh the Typhoon was #161. She was sold recently..............:-( 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Gordon Laco via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
To: "David Tessier" <dfjtessier at hotmail.com>, "George Dinwiddie via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 9:43:21 AM 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Roller furling 

In our Folkboat, which used hanked-on headsails, I rigged a downhaul only in heavy weather. I sewed a small bronze ring to a hank about half-way up and when using the downhaul, ran the line through that. Once the sail was set, I put light hand-tension on the downhaul (naturally this was totally overpowered by the upward tension on the halyard itself). The combination of one ring and the light tension made the downhaul perfectly benign. 

Gord 
#426 Surprise 

On 2017-09-28, 9:27 AM, "Public-List on behalf of David Tessier via Public-List" <public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org on behalf of public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote: 

Re: downhaul on hanked on foresail. 

Rod, 
I know of a foresail downhaul threaded through only every second, third or fourth hank to work smoothly on a Contessa 26, whereas threading through each hank resulted in the problem you described. Not sure whether residual slapping on the sail remained on the Contessa 26. 

I have roller furling but wonder whether a little tension on the downhaul (bungee cord?) of a hanked on foresail might reduce slapping? 

Cheers, 
David 
#319 

David Tessier, Waterloo ON Canada 

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