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Re: [world-cruising] Fitting a hank on to the extrusion of a roller furling

From: Cam, Lee, Maya & Fynn (no email)
Date: Mon Jan 29 2007 - 10:26:10 EST

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    If your old 150% is not usable, an option would be to cut the luff off the sail and put a grommet every so often to match the spacing of the Hanks. As you are planning to take the ICW then there should be no real issue of the grommets ripping out of the old luff tape.

    If you can't find any dimples to unscrew the top of the winch, have a look down in where you would put the winch handel and see if there is a screw. If there is undue it and the rest should come off.

    Hope this helps
    Cam

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      From: tafelice
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      Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 7:21 PM
      Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [world-cruising] Fitting a hank on to the extrusion of a roller furling

      Hi group,

      Just bought a boat with a bad (unusable) RF jib, 150%. Can a hank
      on jib be jury rigged to work on the extrusion, say with loops or a
      twisted wire? This is a temporary set up as I must move this boat.
      Plan to be on the ICW with this rig but wanted it to be functional
      so that I would have the option of sailing if I had to or wanted to
      in the sailable areas of the ditch. The yard I'm at does not have
      the knowledge or the desire to remove the furling rig (fishing boat
      yard) and the hex set screw is stripped and it is cold and I need to
      leave. Any suggestions? Also, if anyone is familiar with a 1983
      Hood brand roller furling and can tell me how to remove it, with
      confidence, that would help as well. I don't believe the forestay
      is swaged as it would take up too much room but I can't move the
      drum to see. While we are in 1983, anyone know how to remove the
      top cap from a Lewmar 30 self tailing winch (it works but probably
      needs to be serviced). The previous owner spray painted it and I
      can't see the cap line boundaries, even after some scraping. A blow
      up I received elsewhere showed it screwed off but it also showed the
      top cap with a dimple for assisting removal but this one doesn't
      have it. Saving grace the Yanmar 2GM works great, might be motoring
      home.

      Thanks in advance,

      Tom

       

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