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4.3 Installation on a stepped mast
4.4 Installation on an un-stepped mast
1. Lay the dressed mast on trestles with the front facing up.
2. Connect the top end of the Furlex-system to the forestay attachment on the mast. Make sure that the stay is
free to move in all directions.
3. Lift the mast in the crane with the Furlex-system lying on the leading edge of the mast.
4. Have one person watching the Furlex-system to ensure that it does not get caught when lifting the mast.
5. Keep the end of the stay outside the deck area in order to avoid damage.
6. Attach the stay to the chain plate in the boat at the stemhead. Make sure that the stay is free to move in all
directions.
Fig. 4.3
4.5 Furling line installation
The furling line is best fitted to the drum unit with cover and line guide removed.
1. Start by loosening the screw on the underside of the drum unit a few turns. Then loosen the two smaller
screws on each side of the line guide fitting until the line guide fitting and cover seperates. Remove the line
guide fitting. It may be necessary to loosen the screw on the underside a few extra turns for the line guide
fitting to come off.
2. Pull out the lock block.
3.
Remove the cover.
4.5.1 Removing line guide fitting and cover
Fig. 4.5.1.a
Fig. 4.5.1.b
Fig. 4.5.1.c
1. Slacken the backstay as much as possible, but do not remove it.
2. Pull the mast forward using a genoa halyard or a spinnaker halyard. Secure the halyard to a strong deck
fitting using a screw pin shackle or tie the halyard to a strong deck fitting. For safety reasons, do not use
snap shackles.
3. Tie a strong, not too stiff, rope around the luff extrusion. Make two clove hitches and tape the knots over
carefully so that they cannot slide.
4. Hoist the stay using a spare halyard.
5. ”Go aloft” and attach the top end of the Furlex-
system to the forestay attachment. Always use a
proper bosun’s chair. If there are no free headsail
halyards, use the main halyard. For further information,
see the ”Working aloft” section in the brochure
”Hints and Advice” that can be downloaded on
www.seldenmast.com.
6. Finally attach the stay to the forestay attachment in the boat at the stemhead.
