Winterizing a stepped furling mast:
Winterizing a stepped furling mast:
When the sailboat is in the water with its mast up with no main sail
furled,
every time the boat rocks with the flow, the inside furler hits the
internal
side of the mast and make a very annoying noise. Soon as the main sail is
hoisted and furled there is no more noise.
When the mast is left stepped and the sailboat is on the hard, the main
sail
is removed and stored for the winter. Then the inside main furler is left
free and will hit the inside wall of the mast every time the wind cause
vibration. To prevent this to happen some people will insert pieces of
carpet inside the opening of the mast. My question is how to insert the
carpet and how far up the mast. Then is the spring how is the carpet
removed?
TIA
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