Genoa furling line - clockwise or anticlockwise ?

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Hi,

I don't know whether this is a dumb question but is the genoa furling direction dictated by the side of the boat the furling line runs down ?

Sunrunner's genoa furling line runs from the furler to a block by the port toerail forward and then down the poort side of the boat through bulls eye fairleads to a clutch on the port side of the coachroof.
To get a good lead from the forward block on the port toerail to the furler seems to dictate that entry into the furler is on the starboard side of the drum. That in turn dictates that the furler line is wound onto the drum by turning it anticlockwise (viewed from the top). Which in turn dictates that the sail will be wound onto the foil in a clockwise manner (again, viewed from the top) when the furling line is pulled back out.

So am I right ? How is your furler organised ?

Boo2
 
Well, mine is all exactly opposite to yours :)

I don't see why the rotation direction should depend on which side of the boat the line runs down.

The rotation direction will be determined by which side of the sail the UV strip is sewn to.

Pete
 
No .Its not Its solely the rotation of the drum ,so it can lead either side of the boat.
It's important to keep the line arriving at the side of the drum at right angles so that it will coil nicely on the roller and not over run and jamb.
.Some furlers are designed for a specific rotation ,Older Rotostay and furlex for example .
Just make sure your strip is on the outside of the sail.
 
There is a UV strip, good point. The genoa is bagged and I can't tell which side the strip is on without taking it out so I will leave it until I get it to the boat. Thanks for the replies though, that is obviously the way to determine which way round it has to furl. The furlker is Profurl so hopefully not handed ?

Boo2
 
All the boats I have had the UV strip was on the starboard side of the sail so the line furled anti clockwise and then down the port side to the cockpit.
 
Great advantage of continuous line reefing: you can roll the sail up either way.

Great disadvantage of continuous line reefing: you can roll the sail up the wrong way.
 
Tranona said:
All the boats I have had the UV strip was on the starboard side of the sail so the line furled anti clockwise and then down the port side to the cockpit.
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I've just checked a photo and it turns out I was wrong in my earlier post - our UV strip like yours is on the starboard side and so the foil turns anticlockwise to furl. The line runs down the starboard side, though, emphasising that this is not determined by the direction of rotation.

Pete
 
Another consideration, from the Plastimo Genoa Reefing assembly instructions.

"Reefing direction of the genoa, the genoa should be reefed in the same direction as the strands turn on the forestay."
 
Boo2 said:
Hi,

I don't know whether this is a dumb question but is the genoa furling direction dictated by the side of the boat the furling line runs down ?

Sunrunner's genoa furling line runs from the furler to a block by the port toerail forward and then down the poort side of the boat through bulls eye fairleads to a clutch on the port side of the coachroof.
To get a good lead from the forward block on the port toerail to the furler seems to dictate that entry into the furler is on the starboard side of the drum. That in turn dictates that the furler line is wound onto the drum by turning it anticlockwise (viewed from the top). Which in turn dictates that the sail will be wound onto the foil in a clockwise manner (again, viewed from the top) when the furling line is pulled back out.

So am I right ? How is your furler organised ?

Boo2
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the line feeds on the opposite side to the sacrificial strip,line on the drum sail out
 
kolster said:
Another consideration, from the Plastimo Genoa Reefing assembly instructions.

"Reefing direction of the genoa, the genoa should be reefed in the same direction as the strands turn on the forestay."
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With respect, that is pure technobabble on the part of Plastimo! If the friction between the foil and the forestay is such that it could affect the lay of the wire, there is no way that you would be able to turn it using ordinary means.
 
I bought Sevenem without sails, so to get her home stuck the genoa from my old boat on the furler, such that when furled the sacrificial strip was outside.

Imagine my surprise when, in a force 97 gust just outside the marina within Poole harbour, the furling drum unscrewed from the foil and the previously heavily reefed genoa unfurled instantly.
 
When we bought our first boat last year, I noted that the genoa looked like a "barber's pole". It was only when we had sailed a couple of times that I realised that it was furling the wrong way. I re-ran the furling line to swap over the furling direction and all looks and works OK now. I also put in more line on the drum (when furled) so that when furl the sail we can put a couple of extra turns of sheet round the sail - rather than just the one and a bit we had before.
 
PuffTheMagicDragon said:
With respect, that is pure technobabble on the part of Plastimo! If the friction between the foil and the forestay is such that it could affect the lay of the wire, there is no way that you would be able to turn it using ordinary means.
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Plus one and indeed if it did matter it turns equally both ways as it goes in and out
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