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Follow-up to furler problem posted some weeks back

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John Hill
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Initially Posted - 07/18/2007 : 20:31:52

I did a post some weeks ago about finding my furler jammed after raising the mast and getting settled into a slip. One of the suggestion was to pull for all your worth on the messenger line. I watched as a younger no doubt stronger young man from the local service shop do just that.

It's amazing how strong those little lines are. The top of the mast came over a good bit before the line snapped sending this guy to the deck (on the dock). He looked at the positive side, "At least I didn't end up in the water".

A few weeks later they went up the mast and ended up taking the furler down to repair it. Somehow the ferrule got jammed at the top. Prior to this I'd never raised a sail on a furler, and never considered the line could get jammed in such a way. New experience, another lesson learned. The kind you don't forget.

It was about six weeks from the day I put the boat in the water until we were able to sail with our foresail. The timing worked out though, the following morning we had the best, most consistant wind we had, had in that six weeks. We covered a lot of lake in the three hours we sailed that morning.

I sure like the way she sails.

John Hill

C250 WK #516
Raymore, Mo

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soulfinger
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Response Posted - 07/18/2007 : 20:42:00

"went up the mast"? Is the 250 mast strong enough to hold someone?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/18/2007 : 20:47:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by soulfinger
 "went up the mast"? Is the 250 mast strong enough to hold someone?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
It's strong enough to pull the boat to 90 degrees against the ballast, which the weight of the guy up the mast can't come close to doing.

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John Hill
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Response Posted - 07/18/2007 : 21:07:28

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by soulfinger
 "went up the mast"? Is the 250 mast strong enough to hold someone?
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I know it doesn't look it to me. I was surprised when it was spoke of, but I figured they knew what they were doing, and apparently they did.

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soulfinger
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Response Posted - 07/23/2007 : 19:10:12

Even if the mast is strong enough to hold the weight, are the blocks at the top of the mast strong enough to pull someone up in a bosun's chair?

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