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Post by MalcolmP on Mar 6, 2014 7:51:56 GMT
Every season I always seem to have quite an issue getting the genoa re-hoisted. Has anyone any tips? I normally have 2 people, one to haul the halyard, whilst the other ensures that the luff of the sail is going in smoothly into the track, it is always quite tight and seems to need far more winch pressure than I think it should.
I have tried spraying with McLube and also have checked that the halyard seems to run freely over the top masthead sheave (at least when not under load) I have not been up the mast the season to inspect, but as it is a Selden spar I doubt that I would be able to see much into the sheave box anyway.
Is this similar to what other find or can you all easily hoist genoa's with resorting to lots of winch tension?
Thanks
Malcolm
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Post by On y va on Mar 6, 2014 9:31:36 GMT
Malcolm, have you measured the luff cord is actually the right size for the luff groove? You wouldn´t be the first.
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Post by MalcolmP on Mar 6, 2014 9:37:06 GMT
No haven't made any measurements, but it is still the sail (Quantum) and Facnor foil as supplied by Jeanneau - it does go in - but is always very tight and has been since new - maybe I am getting weaker...
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Post by Don Reaves on Mar 6, 2014 11:11:17 GMT
The jib on my SO35 has always been tight. I can do it alone, pulling it up by hand about half way. Then I need to resort to a winch.
Don
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Post by On y va on Mar 6, 2014 12:52:23 GMT
The jib on my SO35 has always been tight. I can do it alone, pulling it up by hand about half way. Then I need to resort to a winch. Don This is fairly normal though. I yet need to find a yacht where I can hoist the furling genua by hand. As Don said, 50% and the rest by winch. On my boat no different, nor any of the other boats I deal with. But, you shouldn´t need like great force, so that the halyard can be used as a violin string. One thing that may cause issues too, is the alignment of the individual extrusions of the profile. Maybe some of the alan key screws are missing?? |
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Post by super g on Mar 7, 2014 17:16:32 GMT
3/4 goes up easy, then suddenly it's a hard winching job. What is weird is how easy it goes down.
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Post by Don Reaves on Mar 7, 2014 21:21:59 GMT
That's a good point. Next time, I'll have to see how easily it comes down, since I don't usually pay too much attention.
Of course, gravity is helping on the way down and hindering on the way up, so you would expect lowering it to be easier.
Don
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Post by mred25234 on Mar 10, 2014 17:20:44 GMT
Every season I always seem to have quite an issue getting the genoa re-hoisted. Has anyone any tips? I normally have 2 people, one to haul the halyard, whilst the other ensures that the luff of the sail is going in smoothly into the track, it is always quite tight and seems to need far more winch pressure than I think it should. I have tried spraying with McLube and also have checked that the halyard seems to run freely over the top masthead sheave (at least when not under load) I have not been up the mast the season to inspect, but as it is a Selden spar I doubt that I would be able to see much into the sheave box anyway. Is this similar to what other find or can you all easily hoist genoa's with resorting to lots of winch tension? Thanks Malcolm OUr 130% genoa that came with our SO 409 had the wrong size luff tape. You had to winch it up the entire way and it was still very hard. Local sailmaker changed the tape to the correct size and now it goes up and down very smooth. |
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Post by MalcolmP on Mar 10, 2014 18:31:04 GMT
Many thanks for all your replies. Overall quite reassuring, I am planning to have a new tri-radial made for next season, so will double check that the right luff tape is used then, but for this season I will put some white ptfe lube on and use the winch....
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