Please ad a video of installing the jib halyard. The instructions are not very clear. It would be great to show a complete installation on an actual boat!
Is it "Yours" because you bought it with the furler or "Yours" because you owned it before purchasing the furler. Seems you mix the two definitions. I just bought a used boat package and I'm having trouble with the details even though I have the poor furler owner's manual.
How do you make sure that your forestay is tensioned properly if it is inside of the CDI furler and you don't have access to the stay for something like a loos gauge?
I bought the boat with this furling system already installed. The plastic drum keeps popping out of the metal casing and the furling line wraps around the forestry. Is there a way to keep it down?
static1.squarespace.com/static/57a94d9febbd1a5a5122da58/t/57ed7dc0e58c6251287394fb/1475182022727/FF2+manual.pdf page 14-15 in the manual it is essentially maintenance free manuals are linked to the product on our website just scroll towards the end for maintenance.
I'm glad you posted this video. I Have FF2 and am about to install it, but I find the directions rather hard to follow. The video makes it really easy...
_ What do you mean by FLEXIBLE _ is the extrusion plastic-nylon (flexible) or aluminum (non-flexible) as did not bend it in the video._ is it sold by Sailrite or CDI ?
The plastic extrusion is flexible but will warp if bent but can be straightened again if placed on a flat surface for a period of time. The extrusion be break if bent enough. So that is one way the extrusion is flexible. A second way the extrusion is flexible is that it can be cut to length for a best fit for each forestay. I am an amateur not affiliated with the yacht industry, so could be wrong. Just today, I was advised that the furling line length formula is boat length times 2.
what do you do with the 30 ft of halyard at the bottom of a swiveling sail? I like the no halyard wrap but I am unclear as you you manage all that line.
The CDI furler uses its own halyard that is just enough rope to tie off once the sail is hoisted. The customer provides a messenger line that they use so that the sail can be hoisted once in position the messenger line is removed which is the 30’ of ‘extra line’ and your left with enough to tie the sail off in the hoisted position. The messenger line is attached and used only when lowering or hoisting the sail other than that it is stowed away.
Unfortunately a lot more to it than that. Extremely misleading that these are “easy” to install. Directions that come with the furler are not at all easy to understand or follow.
Ready to go? No explanation how to attach messenger line, no explanation how to attach halyard, no explanation about prewinding the drum, no explanation about the tack, no explanation about limitations of the sail and existing forstay/turnbuckle being compatible with the drum/extrusion system, no explanation of hoisting sail.
On our website we have the full PDF instructions for all to read, scroll down to "Documents" on the landing page. This video was only a small demo. Here is the link to our CDI systems: www.sailrite.com/search?keywords=cdi
Please ad a video of installing the jib halyard. The instructions are not very clear. It would be great to show a complete installation on an actual boat!
I agree that not showing the halyard installation is a real shortcoming of the video.
Is it "Yours" because you bought it with the furler or "Yours" because you owned it before purchasing the furler. Seems you mix the two definitions. I just bought a used boat package and I'm having trouble with the details even though I have the poor furler owner's manual.
How do you make sure that your forestay is tensioned properly if it is inside of the CDI furler and you don't have access to the stay for something like a loos gauge?
I bought the boat with this furling system already installed. The plastic drum keeps popping out of the metal casing and the furling line wraps around the forestry. Is there a way to keep it down?
I would contact the manufacture at: info@sailcdi.com for help with that.
I have a cdi
Do u have a maintenance video
Or what do have to grease or maintain
static1.squarespace.com/static/57a94d9febbd1a5a5122da58/t/57ed7dc0e58c6251287394fb/1475182022727/FF2+manual.pdf
page 14-15 in the manual
it is essentially maintenance free
manuals are linked to the product on our website just scroll towards the end for maintenance.
I'm glad you posted this video. I Have FF2 and am about to install it, but I find the directions rather hard to follow. The video makes it really easy...
_ What do you mean by FLEXIBLE _ is the extrusion plastic-nylon (flexible) or aluminum (non-flexible) as did not bend it in the video._ is it sold by Sailrite or CDI ?
The plastic extrusion is flexible but will warp if bent but can be straightened again if placed on a flat surface for a period of time. The extrusion be break if bent enough. So that is one way the extrusion is flexible. A second way the extrusion is flexible is that it can be cut to length for a best fit for each forestay. I am an amateur not affiliated with the yacht industry, so could be wrong. Just today, I was advised that the furling line length formula is boat length times 2.
what do you do with the 30 ft of halyard at the bottom of a swiveling sail? I like the no halyard wrap but I am unclear as you you manage all that line.
The CDI furler uses its own halyard that is just enough rope to tie off once the sail is hoisted. The customer provides a messenger line that they use so that the sail can be hoisted once in position the messenger line is removed which is the 30’ of ‘extra line’ and your left with enough to tie the sail off in the hoisted position.
The messenger line is attached and used only when lowering or hoisting the sail other than that it is stowed away.
@@SailriteDIY Thank you for the response!
Unfortunately a lot more to it than that. Extremely misleading that these are “easy” to install. Directions that come with the furler are not at all easy to understand or follow.
Its frustrating how these people have no idea how to make an instructional video
Still doesn't make any sense....
Ready to go? No explanation how to attach messenger line, no explanation how to attach halyard, no explanation about prewinding the drum, no explanation about the tack, no explanation about limitations of the sail and existing forstay/turnbuckle being compatible with the drum/extrusion system, no explanation of hoisting sail.
On our website we have the full PDF instructions for all to read, scroll down to "Documents" on the landing page. This video was only a small demo. Here is the link to our CDI systems: www.sailrite.com/search?keywords=cdi