Hooked Jib

[Bikerwookie]

The leach on my roller furling 105% dacron jib is getting quite hooked. It has the sacrificial uv strip on it.

Anyone have experience of having the hook taken out either by piecing it or removing the strip? The jib has had some miles on it but is only a year old.

Have tried moving the car aft but the top tell tale lifts early compared to the lower when luffing.

Happy to buy another jib but don't want to waste a £1000 if it can be fixed.

 

[fergie_mac66]

does it have a leech line if so could you not slacken it

 

[Bikerwookie]

Leech line is slack and then it starts drumming. It is still hooked when it drums.

 

[knuterikt]

The leach on my roller furling 105% dacron jib is getting quite hooked. It has the sacrificial uv strip on it.

Anyone have experience of having the hook taken out either by piecing it or removing the strip? The jib has had some miles on it but is only a year old.

Have tried moving the car aft but the top tell tale lifts early compared to the lower when luffing.

Happy to buy another jib but don't want to waste a £1000 if it can be fixed.

Check leech line first. Your sail might have even have two leech lines?

But if a one year old sail start loosing it's shape - I would go back to the sailmaker..

My jib is starting it's forth season now and is still looking god, made of cruising laminate (Contender ACL).

On this seasons first sail I noticed that the leech line was to tight, probably happened on the floor at the sailmaker during the winter checkup.
Just a quick trip forward to fix.

The sail came back with a new wear patch added to protect the sail where it touches the rig during tack.

 

[knuterikt]

Leech line is slack and then it starts drumming. It is still hooked when it drums.

Take some pictures / video and have a talk with the sailmaker, I would not expect a one year old sail to loose shape..

 

[Javelin]

Agree with the leech line.

If the sail has been furled for a long time, especially if its a tight furl it can take quite a while for that curl to flatten out.
I had a race sail that we left furled tightly over night after a very wet and windy day, the next day it was unusable the hook was so bad.
We rolled it up the opposite way a few days later and left it for a few hours and then it seemed fine again.

I've also seen it where when a UV strip has been replaced the jib leech curls which is obviously a mistake when re-fitting.

 

[Bikerwookie]

Unfortunately talking with the sailmaker is out as it is techniques voile and came on a new Jeanneau. Will have a shot at wetting it and furling it the other way for a few days. it might work as I don't remember it being that bad at the end of last season. It stayed on the furler for the last 2 months waiting for some decent weather so may have taken the shape whilst on the furler.

 

[knuterikt]

Unfortunately talking with the sailmaker is out as it is techniques voile and came on a new Jeanneau. Will have a shot at wetting it and furling it the other way for a few days. it might work as I don't remember it being that bad at the end of last season. It stayed on the furler for the last 2 months waiting for some decent weather so may have taken the shape whilst on the furler.

But I would still expect a new sail to last for more than one season.
If the suggestions in this thread does not help I would try to take this up with the company you bought the boat from.