Wichard facnor LS - Tube Content; Determining Which Section Length Should be Used

Facnor - Installation manual rev 2016 – LS/LX/RX reefing and furling systems
2.2 TUBE CONTENT
1. one telescopic section (1M40)
2. external twin-groove sections
3. connectors
For OEM furling systems (delivered originally to the shipyard) the top section may be shorter
than 2 meters. For those systems, the top section is cut at a specific length.
Example: if you order an FD190 12M40, according to the chart below you will receive five 2-
meter sections, one half-length section, the telescopic section and five connectors.
Chart No.3
Forestay
max. length
No. of 2m
sections
No. of 1m
sections
No. of
connectors
Telescopic
section
7M30
3
0
2
1
8M40
3
1
3
1
10M40
4
1
4
1
12M40
5
1
5
1
14M50
6
1
6
1
16M50
7
1
7
1
18M50
8
1
8
1
20M50
9
1
9
1
22M50
10
1
10
1
2.3 DETERMINING WHICH SECTION LENGTH SHOULD BE USED
The example given is of a LS165 12M40, standard (i.e. not delivered to a shipyard), for a
forestay measuring between 10.4 and 12.4 metres. According to the table above, you will
receive: 5 two-metre external sections and 1 one-metre external section.
EXAMPLE No1 : your forestay measures between 10.40 and 11.40 metres (fig. A), you
do not need the 1-metre section.
EXAMPLE No2: your forestay measures between 11.40 and 12.40 metres, you do need
the 1-metre section (fig. B); the latter fits above the last section.
In both examples, the exact length will be reached with the telescopic section (fig. C).
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