[Rhodes22-list] Stuck Jib line

[Alan Robertson]

Rummy has oversimplified the solution although what he says is entirely accurate. Even if your furling line and jib sheet are kept taut, if your jib tube has any kind of slight bend in it it will wobble as you let it out or furl. This often causes the furling line to jump over the top of the drum and wind around the hardware jamming the jib tube so it won't rotate. It's difficult to trailer the Mast and jib tube resting on the bow and stern rails without getting a bend.
See my 9/27 reply on the Rhodes mailing list titled "Stuck Jib Tube."  It worked for us.
Good Luck!!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael D. Weisner<mailto:mweisner at ebsmed.com> 
  To: The Rhodes 22 mail list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
  Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stuck Jib line


  Rummy,

  I am surprised at your response!  Use both hands?  And spill your drink? 
  There must be a better solution to the problem, after all, we are talking 
  about "single-handed" sailing, aren't we?

  Mike
  s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
  Nissequogue River, NY

  From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com<mailto:R22RumRunner at aol.com>> Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:24 PM
  > People,
  > You are over thinking the problem you are experiencing with the furling 
  > jib.
  > The problem is caused by you, the operator. You must keep tension on BOTH
  > lines whether furling or letting the sail out. Keeping tension on both 
  > lines
  > keeps the line in the furling drum, per design. Use both hands next time.
  >
  > Rummy
  >
  >
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