[Public-List] Problem with Profurl furler

[Kris Coward]

If you don't have a lower hung halyard block to use, there are bolt-on
blocks that you can mount on the mast to lead the halyard down the mast
a little and prevent it wrapping around the furler. Candy Cane's
2-POs-ago trashed the mast in the Ontario 300, and the replacement mast
doesn't have a lower-hung jib halyard block, so I had to install one of
these external blocks.

Cheers,
Kris

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 06:16:55PM -0400, Gordon Laco via Public-List wrote:
> Hello Marcelo, 
> 
> A lower hung halyard block is a very good thing with regard to encouraging smooth operation of your furler.  Ideally the halyard should lead at an angle to the top swivel of the furler, not parallel wth the forestay.
> 
> 
> Gordon Laco
> 426 Surprise
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Mar 29, 2021, at 6:08 PM, Marcelo D. Gentinetta via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Good afternoon,
> > After sailing 441 for 2 years now and having a recent issue with the headsail halyard wrapping around the forestay at the top, I realized that whoever the PO used to install the furler used the higher spinnaker block instead of the lower jib block to attach the head of the sail. But in looking at this closer, I realized that it is pretty much impossible to use the original jib block aft of the forestay because it is too low for the system to work properly. The halyard attaches to a tang on the top swivel and that tang must be high enough to engage a wrap-stop device on top of the extrusion. The issue is that in the way it is set up, the spinnaker halyard ends up getting chafed over the jib block and the pull on the headsail is forward of the forestay instead along the aft side. I am not sure this can be changed without a major reconfiguration of the mast head. 
> > Any insight is appreciated. I will be getting a new headsail soon and want to make sure this is corrected. 
> > Marcelo
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