| Title: | SAILING |
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| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
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I have noticed that some of the boats stored at my boat yard wrap
the drum of their furling gear in plastic. I had planned to spray
mine with WD40 several times during the year and leave it un-wrapped.
I felt that the plastic would trap moisture in the unit and might
do more harm than good.
Any thoughts?
John
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| 698.1 | ODIHAM::GOUGH | Tue Nov 17 1987 05:49 | 10 | ||
I have a Hood furling system and the manufacturers instructions
are clear : Regularly wash out with fresh water from a hose ie under
some pressure and then spray with WD40. They also state that the
gear should only be covered if it has been cleaned and dried and
then lightly sprayed. To dry my gear thoroughly means I would have
to strip it...... This year I am staying afloat in the hope of some
winter sailing so the gear will remain in service all year.
Pete
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| 698.2 | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Tue Nov 17 1987 15:40 | 34 | |
I think there is something to be said for both being ope and
covering.
I have a 4 year old (4 years of use) Hood 2535. It has a painted
drum, which needed repainting 2 seasons ago. It needs it again.
Last time, I found taking the drum too much trouble (dropping the
headstay and removing a modified Norseman fitting to free the drum),
so I painted it in place, which meant not preparing it as well as
I would have liked. I think covering the unit with a black bag
during the winter would have extended the paint life.
I also noticed a lot of gritty dust (dredge used as fill in the
marina storage area) would accumulate in the bearings over the winter
which had to be hosed out. My bearings apparantly dont hose
off all that well (BTW follows). I think a bag would have reduced
this problem as well. In the future, I plan to bag the drum
after cleaning, drying and coating the exposed metal parts with
spray lube.
BTW
About 3 weeks before the end of this season, the furler became
extrordinarily difficult to furl. At seasons end I took the headstay
off and removed the drum/bearing assembly. It looks as though the
paint inside the drum has flaked off leaving oxidized aluminum.
The paint seems to have become part of the bearing lube and is making
turning very difficult. I flushed the bearings from the outside
and got a lot of paint pieces and other unidentifiable stuff that
would not come out with the drum installed, but it is still hard
to turn. I plan to take the drum apart this week to see what is
up with the bearing.
Walt
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| 698.3 | couldn't resist ..... | PULSAR::BERENS | Alan Berens | Tue Nov 17 1987 19:53 | 7 |
re .2: You spend your time maintaining your furling system, I spend my time folding sails. Sounds like we're about even. :-) | |||||
| 698.4 | it only hurts in the summer | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Tue Nov 17 1987 20:59 | 13 |
Probably so, except all this work is when the boat is out of the
water (easier to cope with than if it was getting in the way of
sailing).
By the way... This Hood unit was changed about the time mine was
purchased. The new drum is supposed to be much easier to get on
an off. I dont know about the paint though. If I were to do it
over I would be sure it was anodized/stainless like the Harken.
I think I could have avoided having to take it apart at all if it
wasnt for the paint flaking off the drum (inside and out).
Walt
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