[Rhodes22-list] JIB Furling Line

[Peter Nyberg]

Joe,

I pulled my jib furling line off the boat a few days ago and measured it in preparation for ordering a new one in the spring.  Mine was 28’ long.  That’s for a CDI furler.  

This is 1/4” line put on by GBI as part of the 2016 recycle.  I’ve always had a hard time getting enough line onto the spool to allow the genoa to unfurl completely.  I thought that when I went from a 175% genoa to a 135%, the situation would improve, but for some reason it hasn’t.  I only recently noticed that the CDI manual actually calls for smaller diameter line, so that’s the way I’ll be going when I order a replacement.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Joe Dempsey <joedempsey at hughes.net> wrote:
> 
> If anyone actually knows the length, it would save a 150 mile trip to the
> boat to measure!  It would seem that 40 feet would be plenty, then again,
> one would think that this simple measurement data would be readily available
> on this site. Just saying!
> 
> 
> 
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> Joe Dempsey
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> Rhodes 22 1989/2005
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