Martin_J

If you leave the prop on for years it might never come off Worth giving it a treat and re greasing it at least

It does make it extremely quick/easy to change the anode though... and no having to remove the prop..

There's a choice of options in a previous thread (complete with photos) showing some with and some without the turnbuckle.. Plastimo...

Brilliant. Thanks for the update and for the additional photos and of course for a description of how the furler functions when the...

Just back, and that's ours fixed. It was nothing jammed, but operator error fitting that cranked shackle wrong when we put the sails on...

The correct shackle, found later, clears the top of the swivel entirely...

Not my boat but I was up another mast last summer checking out a Plastimo furler and this video I took shows what happens when the wrong...

For posterity, the clearest diagrams showing how the cranked shackle avoids catching the swivel are shown in the instructions looked to...

VicS posted a series of pictures in this previous thread showing how use of the wrong shackle at the top causes the issue with the...

Well spotted Alahol2. The cranked shackle needs to be in the location circled below.. Not using the cranked shackle does prevent the...

A lot of individual parts are available... Ocean Chandlery - headsail reefing parts For example..

If it's not halyard wrap, then.. For the part that you pictured, the centre part bracketed below should rotate freely whilst you hold...

Others will come along later with specifics for a Contessa 28 mast, although yours might not be the original.. However, as Boathook...

In January this year, PBO ran an article giving a number of reasons for using a marine grade regulator... and a number of reasons why...

By 'often', I mean I've often recommended them to friends who have subsequently bought there. It's not because mine have failed and...