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Topic: FurlerBoom questions
Posted By: Relentless
Subject: FurlerBoom questions
Date Posted: 23 August 2018 at 12:31
I have a FurlerBoom and need some help.   Recently, when reefed, the sail will slowly unwind from the mandrel as it appears that the reefing line is slipping inside the front of the boom.    The furling line is not slipping at the clutch.

I think I will replace the furling line but can’t see how to feed the new line into the front of the boom. Everything is enclosed.   I would like to do it without taking the sail off.

Does anyone have experience with this boom?



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Posted By: Black Diamond
Date Posted: 23 August 2018 at 16:21
Rob,
        I can't speak for furlerboom, but on our furling boom you need to maintain tension on the furling line as it rolls up when raising the sail.    Tension on both the halyard and the furling line are important.  Furling line tension when raising the sail ensures it will wrap properly and snugly rather than sloppily.  Sometimes that can cause a bulky wrap and there isn't enough room in the drum (especially with a 76' luff mainsail) for all the line that way.

FWIW



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Rick
S/V Black Diamond
Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161
Newport, RI


Posted By: Relentless
Date Posted: 23 August 2018 at 18:03
Good info Rick!!    I think I'm getting good wraps.   The problem that I am having is that the furling line is no longer holding the drum when reefed.   The drum is turning and letting the main sail out in heavy air...when I want it furled the most!!!
 
I furl at the battens so that a batten is wrapped on the drum to add a little extra holding power as recommended from FurlerBoom.   
 


Posted By: Black Diamond
Date Posted: 24 August 2018 at 01:50
I don't know FURLERBOOM but on my LEISUREFURL there is a racheting/locking cylinder that does just this. You use it when you want to unload the line from the drum.   Is there something similar?




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Rick
S/V Black Diamond
Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161
Newport, RI


Posted By: mglonnro
Date Posted: 24 July 2023 at 03:23
Originally posted by Relentless Relentless wrote:

Good info Rick!!    I think I'm getting good wraps.   The problem that I am having is that the furling line is no longer holding the drum when reefed.   The drum is turning and letting the main sail out in heavy air...when I want it furled the most!!!
 
I furl at the battens so that a batten is wrapped on the drum to add a little extra holding power as recommended from FurlerBoom.   
 

I have this too :) Did you solve it?


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-- Mikael
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Posted By: Black Diamond
Date Posted: 24 July 2023 at 12:01
Again,  I cannot speak to FURLBOOM,  but from a Leisurefurl context....

This would seem to be not a furling drum issue but a sheet stopper/line issue.   If you cleat the line rather than use the sheet stopper does it do the same thing?

If not, then your sheet stopper/line combination is slipping.   Replacing the line or sheet stopper would fix the problem of the drum turning.  The drum should not turn unless you ease the furling line.   If you are not, then its likely the line is slipping.

My $0.02



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Rick
S/V Black Diamond
Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161
Newport, RI


Posted By: mglonnro
Date Posted: 31 July 2023 at 17:04
Originally posted by Black Diamond Black Diamond wrote:

Again,  I cannot speak to FURLBOOM,  but from a Leisurefurl context....

This would seem to be not a furling drum issue but a sheet stopper/line issue.   If you cleat the line rather than use the sheet stopper does it do the same thing?

If not, then your sheet stopper/line combination is slipping.   Replacing the line or sheet stopper would fix the problem of the drum turning.  The drum should not turn unless you ease the furling line.   If you are not, then its likely the line is slipping.

My $0.02


Thank you! And I'm happy to inform that my problem was 100% user error (facepalm). 

I must have rewired my brain the wrong way when the mast was rigged in spring because I was furling in the main THE WRONG WAY. Ie furling counter-clockwise instead of clockwise as is instructed with a BIG red arrow on the boom. 

Oh well :)


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-- Mikael
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Posted By: mglonnro
Date Posted: 31 July 2023 at 20:22
Another question re furling booms: how do you prevent leech flutter when the sail is reefed? In our mainsail there is one tension line which is tensioned at the mast, but that access point is obviously unusable when the sail is reefed. Should the sail have several tensioning lines?

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-- Mikael
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Posted By: Arcadia
Date Posted: 01 August 2023 at 11:53
On my conventional main,  there is only one line, but there is a cleat at the clew, as well as the two reefing points. That way, the same line can be tensioned at three places. If you don’t have this, it can easily be installed. Good luck!

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Leon / ARCADIA
2018 Hanse 588
Sag Harbor, NY


Posted By: mglonnro
Date Posted: 01 August 2023 at 13:55
Originally posted by Arcadia Arcadia wrote:

On my conventional main,  there is only one line, but there is a cleat at the clew, as well as the two reefing points. That way, the same line can be tensioned at three places. If you don’t have this, it can easily be installed. Good luck!

Yes! Thank you. I will have to have a chat with a sailmaker. 

The boom is quite high on the 588, though? How easy is it to get up there to tighten it on the clew side? 


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-- Mikael
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Posted By: Arcadia
Date Posted: 01 August 2023 at 14:17
I opted for the fixed cockpit tables which are very sturdy. I stand on them when needed.

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Leon / ARCADIA
2018 Hanse 588
Sag Harbor, NY


Posted By: mglonnro
Date Posted: 01 August 2023 at 14:42
Originally posted by Arcadia Arcadia wrote:

I opted for the fixed cockpit tables which are very sturdy. I stand on them when needed.

Yes, we have the standard 531 cockpit table (I think), and that's reasonably sturdy as well Smile


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-- Mikael
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