Lipari 41: Rig and Sails

[Toys_with_time]

Hi all

I have been rigging a simple preventer for the main using a line through a block attached to the port centre mooring cleat and back to the winch at the helm but I am getting a lot of gelcoat wear on the cabin top. Ditto when running a barber hauler for the genoa on port side am also getting a lot of wear.

Anybody got any good solutions?


Also I find the FP supplied furler for the gennaker a nightmare - the furling line seems to want to jump out of the furler, coil around the furler or anything else it can get near and generally make furling a hazardous pastime, usually when it has just started blowing. Have thought about replacing it with a continuous line furler but they are expensive. I added a small block attached to the seagull striker cable to direct the line onto the furler but this has not completely solved the problem. Anyone got any ideas?

Toys_with_Time

PS why is it that the Mahe owners are so damn good about posting such great information? Come on Lipari owners - we can do it too!