Fitting Roller Reefer

[graham]

Iam assisting a friend of mine to fit a secondhand plastimo roller reefing kit to his Prelude 19 4mm forestay.

We need to shorten the luffspar a bit,also does anyone knowe how much spare forestay needs to be sticking out the end for a rigger to squeeze a new talurite eye on??

We would prefer to do that than fit a "norseman eye"or similar.

Any advise gratefully received.

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[MIKE_MCKIE]

If you go to the Plastiimo website they have a 28 page pdf file on fitting the various sizes of Roller Reefing. Also the UK supplier, whose name escapes me right now, but advertises in PBO, is extremely knowledgeable & helpful. I have an elderly 810s & he talked me through removal & replacement for when I renew the existing forestay. I also want to replace the existing thimble eye with a terminal & he gave me lots of help.
Hope it helps you.
Mike

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[snowleopard]

what construction is your forestay? if it's the usual 1x19 you mustn't use a talurit as it bends the wire too sharply. it's ok for 6x7 or 7x7 but those probably wouldn't work with the furler.

if you are using a talurit, allow the circumference of the thimble plus 2x the length of the talurit (around 15mm). I had a norseman type fitting on my forestay and though the stay failed twice in other places the fitting remained secure.

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[graham]

Thanks to both of you for the advice.

Probably easier to use a Norseman Fitting rather than transport the whole thing round to the boatyard that does the talurite splices near us.

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