Harken 7311.10 Cruising Jib Reefing & Furling - Manual (Page 25)

Furl and Reef
To furl or reef, ease the jib sheets and pull
furling line.
In very light air, it may be necessary to place
some tension on jib sheet to insure a tight furl.
In a breeze, you must completely luff sail by
totally slacking jib sheets before furling.
The furling line should pull readily. The amount
of force required is related to amount of wind,
but a Unit should never require use of a winch to
furl. If the sail will not furl, or if furling requires a
great deal of effort, there is a problem with system. Consult the Troubleshooting
Guide on page 28. Do not use a winch to force a system to turn.
You may use a winch to make furling easier, if you are certain that system is operating properly.
Raise Sails
1) Shackle tack of sail to drum. Install shackle so screw pin head is on same
side as suncover.
2) Secure genoa sheets to clew of sail.
3) Attach genoa halyard to halyard swivel.
4) Pass luff tape through feeder into foil groove.
5) Attach head of sail or pendant at head of sail to halyard swivel.
6) Hoist sail.
Tip: New sails are often stiff and may hang up at feeder during
raising. Do not force sail when it hangs up—lower and remove
twist. Sails "break in" with use and will become easier to raise.
Storm Sails
Most people will use one multipurpose genoa for all their sailing, but it is not good seamanship to go offshore
without storm sails.
Heavy air working jibs and storm sails may be used with your unit. These sails need to have luff tape added to
allow them to be raised in headstay foils.
These sails will generally require pendants to ensure that halyard swivel is properly positioned at top of headstay.
See page 22.
Remember that heavy air working jibs and storm jibs may be reefed and furled like any other sail.
Operation Sail: Raise/Storm/Reef
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