MichaelGarratt
New member
I have a Westerly Pentland with a Rotostay II system. Periodically the system jams part way rolling the sail out (maybe 2 metres of sail rolled out) , and if the jib sheet is released, the sail rolls away on its own. This involves several rotations of the drum. At first we thought that it was the halyard being twisted at the top of the mast, but the problem occurs even when the halyard is very slack. Another thought was that the foil was unwrapping the strands of the forestay. However, it is possible to roll the drum by hand up to the point that it sticks, and it seems unlikely that I have the strength to unwrap 6mm rigging. Nevertheless it is worrying. Sometimes the problem goes away simply by rolling and unfurling the sail a few times although over the weekend its ‘unsticking’ was accompanied by a loud ‘crack’. Help!