Harken 7410.11 MKIV Jib Reefing & Furling User Manual
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Reef
A sail may be partially furled before you resume sailing. This is
known as reefing.
Many sailors find it helpful to place marks on foot of sail so that
they can reef to a variety of predetermined jib sizes. This allows
marks to be placed on jib lead tracks or toe rail so that lead
block position can be changed to correspond to reefed jib.
Sails are generally reefed to balance boat and to reduce heeling
moment. Sails may also be reefed to improve visibility or to slow
boat while sailing in congested areas or entering or leaving harbor.
Secure Sail
When furling prior to leaving your boat in slip or on mooring, be sure that you get a tight furl
and continue furling system until sheets wrap around rolled sail two or three times. Some
people secure sail with shock cord or sail ties. Be sure to securely cleat furling line to a
standard horn cleat.
Be sure that mooring lines are not placed across furling line where they may cause chafe.
Operation
Reef/Secure Sail
Race conversion allows use of both
grooves for sail changes and tacking
genoas on deck for use of maximum
luff length genoas.
Halyard Swivel Off Furler
Serious racers may want to remove the
halyard swivel.
1. Rig a secure, temporary headstay.
2. Determine location of turnbuckle.
3. Refer to pages 23 to 25 for procedure
for loosening and disassembling
turnbuckle so that the halyard swivel
can slide off foils and stay.
Note: It is not possible to remove halyard
swivel on a unit with a Norseman/Sta-Lok
®
or rod adapter stud unless you disassemble
terminal stud. Make sure you use a new
Norseman/Sta-Lok
®
wedge to reassemble
Norseman/Sta-Lok
®
fitting.
Halyard Swivel Below Feeder
Use halyard to lift halyard swivel up, away
from feeder. Loosen screw one revolution
only. Slide screw up and hold. Remove
feeder carefully—bottom end first. Don’t
lose the feeder overboard! Lower swivel
onto torque tube. Replace feeder.
Remove Feeder
Loosen screw one revolution only. Slide screw up and hold.
Carefully remove feeder–bottom
end first. Don't drop the feeder
overboard!
1.
2.
1. Loosen screw
one revolution only.
2. Slide screw up.
Remove feeder.
3. Lower halyard
swivel.
To Remove
Feeder For
Racing
Operation
Race Conversion
2–3 wraps
of line