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Carbon 

Jib Reefing & Furling  

Installation Manual

Unit 2/2.5

Summary of Contents for Carbon

Page 1: ...Carbon Jib Reefing Furling Installation Manual Unit 2 2 5...

Page 2: ...oil Cutting top foil Assembly 7 11 Sliding foils onto rod Attaching feeder Joining foils using connectors Preparing foil for gluing Gluing foils using Hysol adhesive Gluing feeder Aligning joined foil...

Page 3: ...Cotter Pin HFG344 Smalley Rings 5 8 15 9mm HCP1352 Smalley Rings 3 4 19mm HCP1062 Clevis Pin 5 8 15 9mm H 29385A Clevis Pin 3 4 19mm H 29386A 2 Bottom Feeder Connector H 27448BF Regular Connectors 109...

Page 4: ...see if this is pos sible If necessary contact Navtec or Riggarna for correct pro cedure You will slip carbon foils over this threaded nosepiece If you cannot remove this fitting you will need to cut t...

Page 5: ...n the carbon foil and rod terminal We have put 4 100mm as a starting point This may need to be adjusted based upon how turnbuckle was set when headstay was measured If there is less than 4 100mm take...

Page 6: ...l end Use a sharp razor knife to trim tape even with foil Heat rod terminal and remove threaded screw and threaded nosepiece If rod terminal has been upset peened follow Navtec or Riggarna procedures...

Page 7: ...be at the bottom end of foil Slide full length 72 1 83m foils onto the rod Assemble connectors onto rod in preparation for glueing Place one bushing half in socket on either side of connector grooved...

Page 8: ...connector Clean up the end of the foil using paper towel wetted with acetone taking care that no epoxy is in the sail grooves 8 2 2 5 Carbon Furler May 2002 Adhesive Alert You must follow four step mi...

Page 9: ...tor into foil Work connector in and out as you insert to adhere epoxy without dry spots on inside of foil As excess epoxy comes off connector clean up using acid brush Clean up end of foil using paper...

Page 10: ...ards top of stay Slide trim cap over threaded nosepiece Heat cap in hot water to help it slide over nosepiece Attach trim cap using Superglue Make sure foils are straight and grooves are facing up Ins...

Page 11: ...r on the eight screws Long Slot FOIL HEIGHT Check the clearance between the top of the foil and top terminal WARNING It is critical to have clearance between the top foil and the top rigging fitting w...

Page 12: ...without slipping and like a bowline can be untied afterwards There are other bends and knots that will also work Lace line three times around the torque tube halyard swivel to capture sail or halyard...

Page 13: ...lines and then down into loop away from you 5 At this point knot will not look anything like the finished bend Set knot by gently pulling on bitter ends and then standing parts until it looks like Dra...

Page 14: ...s important to keep tack luff as close to torque tube and as low as possible A tack line that is too long will angle up too far and damage the carbon tunnels When sail is bent on check to make sure ta...

Page 15: ...fitted to foils before operation 1 Halyard swivel should be within top 4 100mm of foil 2 Halyard must pull slightly to rear 8 10 3 Halyard must be snug but not too tight If a halyard wraps do not forc...

Page 16: ...to improve visibility under genoa but remember that visibility is already improved by shackling to tack swivel Tack pendants increase heeling moment by raising sailplan You may install pendants at bo...

Page 17: ...required only to shape sails not to support them Use only enough halyard tension to remove some wrinkles along the luff Do not tension the halyard enough to cause vertical wrinkles in the luff Use ha...

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