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7.5 Trouble shooting
Problem
Probable cause
Action
7.5.1
”The sail will not unfurl or will only
partly unfurl.”
• The jib halyard is wrapped around the
luff extrusion.
• Ease the halyard slightly and try to
reverse the system.
• Another halyard is wrapped around the
luff extrusion.
• Furl the system. Free the halyard.
• The furling line is not free to run or has
become tangled.
• Slacken or free the furling line.
• The forestay is too slack.
• Tension the forestay, first of all by
tensioning the backstay adjuster or
backstays. If this doesn’t help, decrease
the length of the Furlex system.
• Dirt and salt in the bearings.
• Rinse the bearings with fresh water and
lubricate with Furlex grease.
• Too much strain on the halyard.
• Ease the halyard off.
7.5.2
”The sail will not furl, is hard to furl
or can only be partly furled”
• The jib halyard is wrapped around the
luff extrusion.
• Ease the halyard slightly and try
• to reverse the system. Refer to the
Assembly and Operating manual,
Chapter 4.1.1.
• Another halyard is wrapped around the
luff extrusion.
• Unfurl the system. Free the halyard.
• There is no line left on the drum.
• Unfurl the sail. Take it down and wind
more line on the drum. Alternatively,
loosen the sheet, gather the sail around
the system with a rope, wind more line
on the drum.
• The forestay is too slack.
• Increase forestay tension.
• Excessive wind pressure on the sail.
• Let the leeward sheet off more.
• Windward sheet is not released.
• Release the sheet.
• The sheet has become tangled.
• Sort out the sheet.
• The free turn is not functioning.
• Rinse the bearings with fresh water and
lubricate with Furlex grease.
• Large turning angles in the furling line
route which increase friction.
• Re-route the furling line, avoiding
large turning angles.
• Dirt and salt in the bearings.
• Unfurl the sail. Ease the halyard.
Disconnect the tack and turn the tack
ring according to 6.4.2 page 28. Attach
the tack.
• The furling line has become tangled on
the drum.
• Unfurl the sail and take it down.
Rewind the furling line. Unfurl with
slight drag on the furling line in future
and avoid having too much line on the
drum.
• The line guide fitting chafes against the
drum.
• Loosen the fastening screws below the
drum and adjust the fitting.
• The halyard swivel is upside down.
• Fit the halyard swivel correctly.
• Too much strain on the halyard.
• Ease the halyard off a little.
7.5.3
”The system ‘wobbles’ when furling
and unfurling”
• The forestay is too loose.
• Tension the backstay and/or the cap
shrouds. This will tension the forestay.
7.5.4
”The sail unfurls after reefing or
furling”
• The sail is not furled tightly enough.
• Furl with some drag on the line.
• The furling line is not belayed.
• Furl and belay the furling line
