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77Gypsy
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Initially Posted - 08/02/2003 :  16:10:47  Show Profile
if i want to completely remove my stock roller furler, do i have to un-hook my forestay?

Steve
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Bruce Baker
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Response Posted - 08/04/2003 :  13:21:12  Show Profile
Steve,

I'd be amazed if you could remove your roller furler without, at minimum, detaching the drum end. When I took off my roller furler, it was attached to a broken mast, so I did not worry about unhooking it from the top of the mast. However, my recollection is that I was able to slide the extrusions off the forestay from the bottom end, so in principle you could have removed the furler without unhooking the forestay at the top of the mast.

Caveat: I don't think mine was a stock roller. In case this helps at all:)

Bruce Baker
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 08/04/2003 :  14:03:18  Show Profile
Steve,

Yes.

Depending on your model of roller furler, you may be able to detach just the stem end and slide the furler off. That works with my CDI Flexible Furler.

I am working on a guy's Columbia 26. He has eyes on both ends of the forestay. The furler is a Hood 705. To work on it required disassembly of each section of luff, five pieces.

What kind do you have?

Jim Williams
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 08/05/2003 :  11:44:59  Show Profile
Was there a "stock" furler option on these boats?

From my research, my CDI furler is about the same vintage as my boat -- but was it "stock"?

RichardG 81 C25 SR/FK "Sanity"
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deastburn
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Response Posted - 08/07/2003 :  08:31:16  Show Profile
To my knowledge, CDI has been pretty much the "stock" furler on C25's. They have made only two versions, an open drum with aluminum foils, and the current closed drum version with polyester foils. Both can be removed by undoing the stem turnbuckle and sliding the whole shebang down the headstay. Both work with a "messenger line" which you have to attach to the halyard so it does not disappear up the foil as the sail comes down. Hope this is helpful

Dave on Wood Duck (2616)
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Response Posted - 08/07/2003 :  08:34:35  Show Profile
I have another thought: if you have the older version of the CDI furler (with aluminum sectional foils), it is a very good idea to check the top of the forestay periodically, since the top of the furler can rub against the wire part of the stay there, and damage it over time. With the furler always in place, the stay is virtually invisible. So a check on its condition every season is a must.

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