[quote=nacra55]Stay with the small line. 3mm It should be in 2 pices. About 25 feet total. Dont't have the lenghts for each piece.
You should have a tack point of some sort attached to the furler above the drum if I remember right.
Use 3/16 for the stock setup comming down the mast and no furler.
Put up a pic of your cleat.
Pic of your furler.
The bigest problem with the furler on a 5.5 is that all the wires come togather at the hounds in the same place. When furling, the jib will pick up a trap wire and wrap it in too. Most boats with furlers have some sort of pig tail placing the swivel down the forestay some but the 5.5 has such a big jib that you can't do that.
The other problem is that you have to set and forget the jib downhaul when using the furler. By going back to stock and runing the halyard down the mast, you have a 3:1 downhaul in a clamcleat that can be used as the wind picks up. Honk on the downhaul and keep driving. Furl the jib and it flaps like crazy, may even shread.
Third problem is the jib sheets have to be so damn long, they always get tangled. They can be much shorter with no furler.
I don't like the furler, while on the beach just hand wrap the jib around the forestay.
By the way the 5.5 sl is a great boat.[/quote]
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