Hood Furler

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I just wanted to share something I came across with my Hood furler.
I had been have a bear of a time (to put it nicely) getting the jib all the way to the top of the extrusion. I mean like a 200lb guy with all his weight on the halyard kind of a time. I was afraid I was going to tear the sail. I had a feeling it was the fact that the extrusion sections were not in line. My sail company (Doyle) made me up a foot or so long sect of luff tape with halyard connections top and bottom. By running this up and down the furler extrusion a few times it aligned the track sections. After I did this the jib pulled up with ease. Not sure if this has been written up before, but I was some glad to find this solution.
Paul Barrett
S/V BuddyB