[Rhodes22-list] ROLLER FURLING CABLE BROKEN

[Mary Lou Troy]

Here's a photo of a slightly older GBI furler.  There are several 
different versions over the years, maybe even many different versions.

The key to knowing if you have a GBI furler is - does the sail attach 
directly to an aluminum furling tube either with a sleeve around the 
tube or fed into a slot in the tube and held in place with machine 
screws or with tabs that attached to fittings screwed onto the tube. 
If so, you have a GBI furler.

With the CDI, there is an internal halyard and a PVC extrusion covers 
the forestay. The sail feeds into a slot in the extrusion and is held 
in place by that internal halyard.

Send Stan pictures of the top and bottom of your broken stay and he 
can replace it. Or if you live in a place where there are lots of 
sailboats there will be riggers who can duplicate your forestay. It's 
not a big job. You will need to lower the mast to get to the top fitting.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall MD

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