Swivel getting stuck on furler foil

[Tanzersailing]

I recently bought my first sailboat bigger then a dinghy. We just launched it a week ago and tried to raise the forsail and ran into a problem. The foil seems to be bent at the connection and the swivel gets jammed as soon as it reaches the first connection.

I have tried tightening the aft stay to try and put some more tension on it hoping it would straighten but that didnt seem to make any difference.

Ive also lubed the heck out of the foil track as high as i can reach but still no better results.

I have only tried pulling by hand to raise the sail so far. I thought about putting the line on a winch and trying to force it past but I dont want to risk damaging the swivel or getting it jammed so bad I cant get it back down.

Any idea's? The yard charges a ton to raise or lower the mast so I'm hoping there is a solution while everything is still up.

[wholybee]

The forestay and furler can be taken down without unstepping the mast. Riggers do it all the time. I hate to say it, but that needs to come down to be fixed.

[Calif.Ted]

Don't force the sail on, you need to correct the foil alignment. You need to use a halyard in place of fore stay, loosen backstay. Disassemble lower drum and remove, raise everything and remove forestay and foil. Yada, Yada that's just a condensed kind of explanation. It's a 2 person job usually and simple if one is a rigger. I'd suggest using a rigger if you are unfamiliar with furlers.