"Michael,
From experience over three keel boats a fully battened main is almost a requirement.
Not only will it make dropping the sail into the boom bag far easier it certainly reduces any flogging and vastly lengthens the life of the sail. While…"
Broken Profurl jib furler
Me and some friends had the Profurl unity bearings broken. Note the pictures attached showing the entire set raised on the stay. Still works fine, and Beneteau says bad use, but I'm curious to know if you heard anything about it.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Brown on
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Good question Franc. Can't imagine anything but equipment (furler drum) failure causing it.
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Permalink Reply by Ricardo Negrini on
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We're investigating, but Profurl has already recognized the issue and sent a new drum without any major question other than praxis. I'm really satisfied with Profurl standing behind their product. Just Beneteau disagree and say will not pay for labor to refit. We're suspecting the unity is robust but mounting plate under the drum didn't have enough room to allow for the stay longitudinal play. If you leave your sail flacking hard on strong winds, shaking the furler, if you winch the furler line not noticing any strange resistance, if you go hard upwind without proper forestay tension, all of these could be misuse and damage sail, drum, plate attachment, or the aluminum profile. I don't think neither of those happened when we crossed the Atlantic. Let's see how it develops .....
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