Kevin McCready 83 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Trying to feed the genoa bolt rope into the aluminium slot and haul it to the top in the wind proved too hard yesterday afternoon. Any ideas? Or do I wait for another day with no wind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 698 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Can be hard by one self if bolt rope is tight,does furler have a feeder or just straight in to slot??i have found it takes 2 and normally main up,sail down wind and it feeds in nicely but depends on sail/yacht size. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,313 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Are you certain that it's the right size luff tape? Some are only 1mm different... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyhorse 47 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Are you certain that it's the right size luff tape? Some are only 1mm different... Good point. Our profurl is (odd?) 6mm. Make sure you get the foot attached before winching the halyard tight or you can pull the top bearing off...like I did! One on the bow feeding it on and a can of silicon spray the other on the winch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Straight slot. No feeder. Goes up pretty well in the calm so I'm guessing the sizing is right. I tried loops around the bunt and foil as I raised every metre or so to keep the bunt from blowing out, but the pressure was still too great in the small amount of sail exposed to the wind. I thought of wool loops but haven't tried them. I'll try the downwind option. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,313 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Genoa feeder? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Genoa feeder? sctl120501.jpg I don't know what a genoa feeder is, but that pic looks just like 'monkey nuts'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Ta for all the hints. The track opening is quite close to the drum on my boat, making life hard. But I may be able to rig a pre-feeder. Here's a video of someone using it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,313 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Yeah lateral, they work -at first, but wear rather quickly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Bionic Monkeys or escapees from some experimental lab maybe??? Just trying to think what Monkeys Fish has been perving at to garner a comment like that It's just what I always thought they were refereed to. Kind of like the up fucker, the down fucker and the sly pig. Mind you, our bowman was called Bubbles. No one called Bionic Monkey though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Farrari 4 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Wonder if these do the biz? $36 at fosters. Hopefully made out of "slippery" plastic. I use one of these on Farrari as a prefeeder for the genoa. It makes life a lot easier to feed the sail up the track without the bowman having to manually feed the track. All they need to do is jump the halyard at the mast. No issues with it wearing out so far. The boat came with one nine years ago and I have replaced it once due to the original knot splice failure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vorpal Blade 89 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 It is possible to do it without the prefeeder, and not difficult. What you need to do is have the sail flaked so the luff tape is all at the bow. Lead the halyard forward via whatever blocks you may have and stand on the bow pulling the halyard while feeding the sail up the spout. If you stand or kneel on the bulk of the sail on the deck this will stop it from inflating and blowing out of control. Remember to put the sheets on first but don't thread them up. Don't worry about getting luff tension on it to start with, just get it up and rolled away and do the final luff tensioning when you go sailing next. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 116 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 This is why you have kiwislides and buy a reefrite furler in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chippie 6 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 +1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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