I can't find an old thread dealing with jamming genoa / yankee furlers.
A problem can occur with the standard furler where the furling line wraps itself outside the stainless steel rope guide. There is a 3mm gap above this guide that can open a bit with use. I put on a bigger line a few years ago and fixed a small piece of plastic to the guide to close the gap. With the genoa needing a lot of turns on the furler especially if it is windy mine ended up in a big jam recently with the genoa half out I could not retract it or open it out fully....
Anyway my mod to solve this problem is a small piece of scrap 22mm plastic water pipe. Cut to the exact length and softened in some boiling water it is fitted over the stainless steel rope guide. Cut to a length where there is no visible gap, it works perfectly. Cost of repair nil...
Chris Wicks wrote:I can't find an old thread dealing with jamming genoa / yankee furlers.
A problem can occur with the standard furler where the furling line wraps itself outside the stainless steel rope guide. There is a 3mm gap above this guide that can open a bit with use. I put on a bigger line a few years ago and fixed a small piece of plastic to the guide to close the gap. With the genoa needing a lot of turns on the furler especially if it is windy mine ended up in a big jam recently with the genoa half out I could not retract it or open it out fully....
Anyway my mod to solve this problem is a small piece of scrap 22mm plastic water pipe. Cut to the exact length and softened in some boiling water it is fitted over the stainless steel rope guide. Cut to a length where there is no visible gap, it works perfectly. Cost of repair nil...
Hey, Chris- any chance of a photo please?
I'm plagued with yankee/genoa jams
Somewhere in the gallery I have seen a photo of a mod made with stainless steel sheet, where the effect was to extend the guide at a right angle back in toward the centre of the drum. So if you imagine a fat T upside down, bend the stem in 90 degrees, and wrap the arms of the T back around the guide. A picture is worth....
just back from another nice "Semaine du golfe" - again wih good sailing and lots of fun (bar the gale F7 last Thursday).
I am happy to see that an ancient post is dug up and is useful to someone - i commend you on your photographic memory. I have taken so much advice from this forum that it is gratifying to give something back.
which shows nicely how the simple piece of stainless is bent.
Worked wonders for me. Nothing worse than a blow and lying with your belly on the bowsprit trying to unravel things (of course always when you can least afford problems).
I went for the 50mm of plastic pipe as Chris recommended. All of five minutes to repair, and most of that was boiling the kettle! Thanks for the idea, Chris. Will post a picture of that and some button-on parrel beads I used successfully last season.
Chris Wicks wrote:I can't find an old thread dealing with jamming genoa / yankee furlers.
Hey, Chris- any chance of a photo please?
I'm plagued with yankee/genoa jams
My apologies for not seeing this request to post a picture of the furler mod... I can't work out how to reduce the file size for posting here. So I attach a link to a Facebook album showing the furler modification, (in addition to a rudder modification)... Sorry to go around the houses here, hope the link works.... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 51bbf3d5ef
Chris Wicks wrote: I can't work out how to reduce the file size for posting here.
Hello Chris
How big is the file you are trying to post?
What type of file is it?
Are you trying to attach the file to a post?
If it is a photo, have you tried posting it to the Gallery?
