forestay preventing jib furler from rotating

I'm a new owner of a used Getaway. We took it out today for the maiden voyage, and found that once we'd stepped the mast, if we set the forestay to anything but the loosest of the holes in it's connector, it would protrude and prevent the roller furler from spinning. Not sure how to deal with this, we just ended up sailing in the light winds with a fairly loose rig. It worked out, but I'm curious- how do you tighten the forestay with a roller furler?

Thanks

-Tom

Check the swivel at the top... The adjustments should not cause it to not furl, so likely either the swivel or bearings in the furler are an issue.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

What Matt said, doesn't hurt to lube the top swivel as well as the furler raceway. I disassembled mine, cleaned and regreased everything--prior owner beach launched and there was copious grit. If you do this disassembly, be sure you have a way to capture all the bearings as they get lost easily.

Also, the chainplate will actually slide through the hole in the furler. So you can pin the chainplate in any position to the furler. Or, you can (as I do) leave the forestay pinned at the top holes on the chainplate but don't secure the jib tack there. Then add a bow shackle lower down on the chainplate and attach some line to the jib tack to tighten at the jib luff at that bottom bow shackle (kind of a cunningham, but one you set and forget)...but then you adjust the length of the line at the top swivel to adjust the height of the jib off the deck. This gives you an additional sail control you can use to adjust luff tension for the breeze of the day. I also replaced the line at the top swivel with some dyneema for less stretch.

You will discover that the Getaway takes a lot of mast rake. I guess it has to with no boards. CLR seems to be just a hair behind the leading edge of the skeg (assuming you are sitting aft).

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R/Thom
SeaRail 19
Triak
BMW C600
Formerly Getaway with Custom Spinnakers
Formerly raced F24 Mk II

Ah hah! I had neglected to realize that the chainplate slides through the furler. Makes a whole lot more sense when you put it together the right way. I'll have to experiment with rake angle, and will look into the modifications you mentioned.

Thanks for your help.