Plastimo S Series User Manual

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MAINTENANCE
Rinse the drum unit once a year with fresh water (no dismantling required).
- No other special maintenance is needed.
PROBLEM
ENCOUNTERED
CAUSE SOTUTION
Halyard turns with the
halyard swivel
- Forestay not taut enough ý
- Genoa halyard too slack ý
- Genoa too short, halyard swivel too
low ý
- Genoa halyard too close to the
forestay ý
- tighten the backstay
- tauten the genoa halyard
- Use a strop
- Fasten a halyard feeder to the mast
or a diverter to the forestay
The halyard tends to wrap
itself around the spar when
the genoa is hoisted
- Halyard is worn and thus twists in
the direction of the rope strands ý
- Change the halyard
Reefing line fouls - Wrong angle on reefing line ý
- First sheave too far from drum
unit ý
- Genoa unfurled too quickly ý
- Change position of first sheave
- Slow down the unfurling of the
genoa by winding the reefing line
once round a winch.
Genoa difficult to hoist - Poor output from a sheave
- Halyard jammed ý
- Luffrope too large ý
- Try with a different halyard
- Change luffrope
fresh water

Plastimo S Series Specifications

General

Brand	Plastimo
Model	S Series
Category	Boating Equipment
Language	English