Revo Hobie furling system fine tuned

I think I have finished my fine tuning of my wife's Revo furling system. as for the mast goies  I did some searching on the Hobie site and found a guy that changed the bottom insert to a dome one to help spin the mast less friction. Well I could not find a dome insert in the bay area and did not want to order one online for .50 cents and 7.50 for shipping . So I came up with what you see in the pics it seems to work quite well. now to the furling system I replaced the SS ring with a block and lengthen the line that operates the furler from 8 feet to 10 feet to give it more travel. everything works quite well vary happy with it hope it helps check out the pics.

PatR

Looks good Pat.  Maybe a dab of grease or such on the  bottom to reduce the fricton?  Oh, better yet, a disc cut from Teflon & just insert it in the mast mast hole at the bottom like a wear plate?

Pat, so the only tweak needed was to make the mast turn smoother? I remember seeing someone post up in the Hobie forum that they put a marble in the hole before inserting the mast.

By limiting the contact point, you reduce friction but increase stress on the points mating surfaces.  Looks great though!!!  The marble idea is a good on too!

Luck13 the mast and I had to increase the length of the line that operates the furling system because the length of line it came with the sail would not roll up all the way so I thought by increasing the length of line it would roll up all the way and it does. And the block was to make things pull a bit smoother.
 
FFTC I will rethink the mast something lower profile or the Teflon idea sounds good.

PatR

Got it. Thanks for sharing your ideas. First thing I gotta do is go pick up the sail in santa cruz.

FishingForTheCure I took your advice and lowered my add-on to my mast to reduce the possible stress thanks for the advice I think it might work better.

PatR

Looks great.  Let me know how it works out for you.