In mast furling

[shootash]

As soon as there is the slightest movement at anchor the inmast furling rattles. Is this normal?

[Zanshin]

It wasn't on my first inmast, but occasionally happened on the 49DS and I've heard of it happening on several other boats. In my case, I re-furled it with less tension on the outhaul and thus it wasn't so compact a roll and filled the space more. The noise when the sail was taken off for the hurricane season was unbearable and I ended up going halfway up the mast, attaching a line to the furling mechanism, and pulling it to the genoa base in order to keep it from banging.
Can you tell how much play is in the roller-fuling main? Perhaps you could stuff a towel into the slot and get rid of movement?

[sailbleu]

Same thing over here on my 40DS .
Leaving the main a bit out , tighten up the furlerline and pulling the boom down will help.

Regards

[Zanshin]

I could imagine if I had 2 people aboard, then one could feet an old towel in during the last 2-3 feet of furling the main, as high as reachable, to prevent the rattling.

[shootash]

Have tried adjusting the furling but it does not seem to make much difference. I think we will just have to put up with it.

[boltnbrew]

Are you sure it is the sail? On our 43DS, the cables for radar, lights, etc. would slap against the inside of the mast. I used a zip tie to secure them and voila, no more noise.

[sailbleu]

boltnbrew,

it is definitly the furler inside the mast that makes the noise.
I must say , in the beginning it didn't make that much of a noise. So I guess it got worse through time.
Last winter I took the mainsail off and I had to tie up the alu pipe on which the sail is rolled up because of the racket it made when the mast was slightly moving in the wind.

Infact , is that alu pipe normaly fixed in a certain way on top of the mast ??
I suppose not , the mast wouldn't be able to bent when rigging it up .

Regards