Cdi roller furling manual11/20/2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() Untie the foot of the sail from the drum. Observe proper safety precautions so you don't fall overboard. Wearing a PFD, sit at the bow with your feet dangling over each side. ![]() Remove the clevis pin in the neck of the drum and slide the drum up to expose the turnbuckle. It's nice to have a helper who can hand you the tools as you need them, because sometimes you will only have one hand free. Tools and materials : You'll need a small adjustable cresent wrench, screwdriver or thin handled tool, wire cutters, spray cleaner/lubricant, cotter pins the right size for your turnbuckle, rigging tape, spare retaining cooter ring. ![]() Use your own best judgement and always procede carefully and with appropriate safety precautions. This works for us - it may not work for you. You are responsible for your own safety and the safety of your rig. Please read your owner's manual before starting this procedure. Your boat's CDI may be installed differently. Manuals can be downloaded at Disclaimer: This procedure works for the way our CDI FF1 is installed, and is safe to do on our boat. Read the Owner's manual for your CDI Furler. Before you start, review the owner's manual for your model CDI. Here's how we do with Redwing's CDI model FF1. We lengthened the forestay by another 2 or 3 turns and in a few minutes we were sailing again. The hlem was close to having the right balance, but I still wanted just a little more weatherhelm. Ten min utes minutes later we were back on the water sailing. So we pulled into a dock, and lengthened it again by 4 turns of the turnbuckle. We sailed her for about 5 minutes and she still had a slight lee helm. So, we lengthened the forestay by about 4 turns before leaving the dock. Redwing's rig was out of tune, because I had changed some hardware. Dave and I did it about three times in an hour earlier in the summer when we decided to re-tune the rig on our P-19 'Redwing'. You can do it at the dock with the mast up, which is necessary when tuning the rig to have the right amount of weakther helm. It's not hard to adjust the forestay length inside the CDI, even when the mast is up. Adjusting the forestay length inside a CDI Furler Manuals can be downloaded at Disclaimer: This procedure works for the way our CDI. Read the disclaimer! Get the right tools together. The specs indicate 1/4' furling line but the write-up in the section covering the furling drum/furling line install states a 1/4' or smaller line is recommended. The manual I have from PO is a July '94 CDI 4/6 Manual. ![]()
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