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Operation
March 1999
Conversion to Racing • Storage and Transporting
■ Conversion to Racing
For racing, lower the halyard swivel below the feeder
and remove the line guard assembly and drum from
the headstay. This allows use of both grooves for sail
changes and to tack genoas on the deck for
maximum luff length.
■ Lowering the Halyard Swivel
To lower the halyard swivel, remove the feeder and
lower swivel unit until it rests on the torque tube.
Replace the feeder. Use blue Loctite
■ Drum Removal
1) Remove the sail and unwind the line from the
drum. The line can remain attached to the drum.
2) Use the 5 mm allen wrench provided to remove
the two screws on the bottom of the guard
assembly and remove the two halves. Be careful,
screws are not captive!
3) Use a 4 mm allen wrench to loosen the four
screws in the plastic drum and remove.
■ Halyard Swivel Removal
For serious racing you may want to remove the halyard
swivel.
Note: It is not possible to remove the halyard swivel
on a unit with Norseman/Sta-Lok or rod adapter stud
unless you disassemble the terminal stud. Make sure
you use a new Norseman/Sta-Lok wedge to reassemble
a Norseman/Sta-Lok fitting.
1) Remove the drum assembly.
2) Rig a secure, temporary headstay.
3) Loosen the backstay, mainsheet and vang so
that the headstay goes slack.
4) Remove the clevis pin holding the furling unit to
the chainplate.
5) Open the torque tube to release the upper locking
collar (see pages 24 and 25). Thread the drum off
and slip the torque tube and halyard swivel off.
6) Slip the torque tube back on the foils and re-attach
the lower unit.
7) Re-attach the headstay to the boat.
Unit 0 MKIII
on the screw.
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