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18.1
18.2
• Ease the halyard slightly and try to
reverse the system. Refer to the
Assembly and Operating manual,
Chapter 5 & 10,
”Halyard routing”
.
• Unfurl the system. Free the halyard
• 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.
• Increase forestay tension.
• Let the leeward sheet off more.
• Release the sheet.
• Sort out the sheet.
• Rinse the bearings with fresh water
and lubricate with Furlex grease.
(look even att 18.9)
• Reroute the furling line, avoiding
large turning angles.
• Rinse the bearings with fresh water
and lubricate with Furlex grease.
4. Slide the wedge over the core of the wire again.
5. Hold the luff extrusion system firmly and pull the wire’s eye terminal. This will bring the forestay,
support plug in the 1000 mm (39 3/8”) luff extrusion, joining sleeves and distance tubes out
together, enabling the luff extrusions to be separated.
If, due to contamination or damage this method fails the connection parts protruding
boss’ can be drilled out. Use a Ø 8 mm drill bit.
Reassembly of the luff extrusion.
1. Check all metal corners, edges and holes for damage, and file down if necessary.
2. Clean the wire and all extrusion parts with fresh water.
3. Refit the support plug into the 1000 mm luff extrusion.
Then follow Chapter 4.
”Assembly of the Furlex-system”
18 Trouble shooting
Problem
Probable cause
Action
”The sail will not unfurl or will
only partly unfurl.”
”The sail will not furl, is hard
to furl or can only be partly
furled”
• The jib halyard is wrapped around the
luff extrusion.
• Another halyard is wrapped around
the luff extrusion.
• The furling line is not free to run or
has become tangled.
• The forestay is too slack.
• Dirt and salt in the bearings.
• Too much strain on the halyard.
• The jib halyard is wrapped around the
luff extrusion.
• Another halyard is wrapped around
the luff extrusion.
• There is no line left on the drum.
• The forestay is too slack.
• Excessive wind pressure on the sail.
• Windward sheet is not released.
• The sheet has become tan gled.
• The free turn is not functioning.
• Large turning angles in the furling
line route which increase friction.
• Dirt and salt in the bearings.
• Ease the halyard slightly and try to
reverse the system. Refer to the Ass-
embly and Operating manual, Chapter
5 & 10,
”Halyard routing”
.
• Furl the system. Free the halyard.
• Slacken or free the furling line.
• 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. Refer to the Operating
manual, Chapter 14,
”Adjusting the
forestay length”
.
• Rinse the bearings with fresh water
and lubricate with Furlex grease.
• Ease the halyard off.