Roller furled set up advice needed

[jag22]

Hi, can anyone give any tips or point me to useful web pages that show how to set up a roller furler?

I took all the lines off to clean and had a new UV strip but can't work out how to get it all back on?? How do I put the furler line back in the drum? I'm ok with the jib sheets...

By the way, it was freezing at Windermere today!! Nice to see the boat back in though

 

[Tranona]

Depends on the type, but usually you need to thread the line through a hole in the drum and tie a stop knot. Put the turns in the right direction so that the UV strip is on the outside when the sail is furled.

 

[Spyro]

Fix the fuler line to the drum, usually something like poking the end thru a hole and tying a stopper knot in it. Then wind the drum round until it's full. Then attach the halyard to the head of the sail and feed it up the grove in the foil. Raise the sail up completely by pulling on the halyard, attach the sheets then pull on the reefing line to furl the sail. Keep some tension on the sail as you do. If it looks like a barbers pole when you have finished then the reefing line was going round the wrong way.

 

[jag22]

Thanks, I know it sounds simple, I'll work it out, just couldn't work it out today on the water. Cold fingers didn't help, but I'll be back up there next weekend.

So basically start with the reeling line out, tie a stopper and put it through the drum, hoist the jib, then turn the furler by hand in the direction marked "reef" until the sail is wound fully up? Why wouldn't the sail wind the right way automatically?

 

[VicS]

Thanks, I know it sounds simple, I'll work it out, just couldn't work it out today on the water. Cold fingers didn't help, but I'll be back up there next weekend.

So basically start with the reeling line out, tie a stopper and put it through the drum, hoist the jib, then turn the furler by hand in the direction marked "reef" until the sail is wound fully up? Why wouldn't the sail wind the right way automatically?

No fit the furling line to the drum and wind it in by hand


Then hoist the sail and furl it by pulling on the furling line.


As said make sure you wind the line onto the drum so that when you pull it to furl the sail you end up with the UV strip on the outside. If the line feed onto the drum is offset you should not get it wrong but some are not offset so you can wind it up either way... the wrong way will end up with the UV strip not on the outside.

you wont be the first to get it wrong if you dont think first

 

[nimbusgb]

You want a drum full of line when the sail is off!

Look at the sail, if the uv strip is on the port side then to furl you want to rotate the drum clockwise ( looking down on the top of the drum ) so feed in the line, tie a stopper and rotate the drum and foil counterclockwise until you have at least 15 turns on the drum. Don't over fill the drum and dont try to be too tidy about the winding, in real life it goes on randomly! ) Hoist the genoa and try to furl. When furled without a load you want at least 3 or 4 turns left on the drum to allow for tighter furling when a breeze is up.

If the sail uv strip is on the starboard side then wind your line on by turning the drum and foil clockwise prior to hoisting.