Posted by Larry E. Strouse (captainl@…>)
I have a F-35 purchased used 2003. After removing mast and boom for transit
had it reinstalled. Since that time the outhaul has become jammed and the
reefing lines tend to jam. All appear to be as a result of confusion about
the pulleys in the internal portion of the boom. Can’t see a way to get
into the boom to fix problem without removing rivets and part of boom
assembly. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Posted by Dave_Benjamin (dave_benjamin@…>)
Perhaps the lines are reeved improperly. You could try to redo them
without removing the riveted fittings. I’ve had some success using an
electricians snake and a little doohickey to grab the end. If you do
remove the riveted fittings it’s not a big deal. You’ll just have to
borrow a rivet gun and buy some aluminum pop rivets. You could also
replace the rivets with ss screws but be sure to use an insulating
material between the screw and the aluminum.
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Larry E. Strouse”
<captainl@c…> wrote:
I have a F-35 purchased used 2003. After removing mast and boom
for transit
had it reinstalled. Since that time the outhaul has become jammed
and the
reefing lines tend to jam. All appear to be as a result of
confusion about
the pulleys in the internal portion of the boom. Can’t see a way
to get
into the boom to fix problem without removing rivets and part of
boom
assembly. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Posted by Fred Molden (fredmolden@…>)
I have had a similar problem after winter lay-up (Annapolis area). There is
a block mid boom that, after the reef lines are slack, can twist about and
cause the lines to twist over one another. What I have done, after
loosening the reef lines at the cleat, is pull the reef lines at the aft end
of the boom until the block is in view when looking into the end of the boom
(flashlight will help). Then tension the reef lines a bit at the cleat end
just to see how fair the lines lay inside the boom. Then poke, prod, twist
the block until everything looks fair and the lines can be pulled easily by
hand. Then, keeping some tension on the lines, pull until the block has
returned to mid boom. Keep stopper knots in all lines so they don’t pull up
into the boom. If the lines have never been removed from the boom it is
unlikely that they would need to be taken out and re-reeved through the
blocks, just untwist the midboom block.
I have also seen the outhaul trap the reef lines and block under the outhaul
line.
I check this each spring because the mechanical advantage of the reef system
makes it hard to notice that it is not running freely until you need to
reef, then you have other things to worry about.
Hope this helps
Fred
SV VOLANT, F35
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From: “Larry E. Strouse” <captainl@…>
To: <freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 1:36 PM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Outhaul/Reefing
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I have a F-35 purchased used 2003. After removing mast and boom for
transit
had it reinstalled. Since that time the outhaul has become jammed and the
reefing lines tend to jam. All appear to be as a result of confusion
about
the pulleys in the internal portion of the boom. Can’t see a way to get
into the boom to fix problem without removing rivets and part of boom
assembly. Has anyone else experienced this problem?Yahoo! Groups Links