Rigging furling jib line

[eddystone]

I've only used the working jib since acquiring boat. When furled had about 3/4 turns left on the drum as recommended. Before replacing it with no.2 genoa I put maybe half a dozen extra turns on the drum by manually rotating the furling spar, as didn't want to risk it coming off the drum with lsrger sail.
However, having hoisted and then furled the genoa there wew still about 9/10 turns left on the drum. So either I lost count and put a lot more extra line on the drum or the I've got the whole thing in reverse. Finally does it matter if there is more lune on the drum when sail is fully furled?

 

[prv]

The two things you want to avoid are:

1) With the sail furled normally, there is no line (or hardly any) left on the drum. In this case, if the sail is rolled tighter than usual (because you've been sailing with a reef in, or furled it in a strong wind) you run out of rope before the sail is fully stowed.
2) With the sail all the way out, there is so much line on the drum that it jams or falls off.

Provided you don't have either of these problems, the exact number of turns doesn't matter.

Pete

 

[eddystone]

The two

1) With the sail furled normally, there is no line (or hardly any) left on the drum. In this case, if the sail is rolled tighter than usual (because you've been sailing with a reef in, or furled it in a strong wind) you run out of rope before the sail is fully stowed.
2) With the sail all the way out, there is so much line on the drum that it jams or falls off.

Provided you don't have either of these problems, the exact number of turns doesn't matter.

Pete

Thanks just have to check haven't overloaded drum - seems ok