CDI Furler

David A. Beisel (dbeisel@ibm.net)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:19:27 -0600


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I have a CDI Furler on my 19' Potter and I'm not exactly sure how it is
supposed to be
wound up. It appears to have a spring inside, but if the genoa is
unrolled with no
tension on the spring, it seems to be winding the spring in the wrong
direction because
the drum tends to separate.

I initially assumed that the genoa was wrapped the wrong way, but there
is only
one way it can go on due to the UV protection covering.

Is the CDI spring supposed to be pre-tensioned by turning it before
attaching it?
I would assume the spring is in there to assist in furling the genoa.
Right?

Or should the spring have no tension when the genoa is furled?

Does the sail have to be wrapped on the furler in a particular
direction?

The CDI home page installation directions (I don't have the original
manual) doesn't
talk at all about how the sail should be wrapped.