broken roller furling / jib halyard.

[domromer]

we were sailing along today and a noticed it was getting harder and harder to furl and unfurl the jib. I'm new to roller furlings, so I'm not sure how it should feel. well were were sailing along and all the of the sudden the job fell on the deck. I furled the sail manually and tied it up. it looks like the halyard broke, but I'm not sure of the rigging so I'm not sure what to do next. I'm hoping someone here can help.  Here are some pics to help illustrate.  I see a  block at the top but I'm not sure if the line went through it.

broken jib-7 by Dom, on Flickr

broken jib-11 by Dom, on Flickr

[Mas]

It might be useful to locate the manual for the furler or download one. You do not have the CDI flexible furler many of the 23's came with so can't give much advice. You will more than likely need to unstep the mast but not certain as the type you have seems to have a separate halyard rather than the integrated internal halyard of the CDI. Maybe a picture of the drum so others can see the make and model.

Love the roller furling but a lot to be said for the simplicity of a hank on sail! Good luck

[domromer]

It is a profurl.  I'm not sure of which model.

[Shawn]

Looks like a similar furler to my Sabre. The block at the top of your mast has nothing to do with this, that would be for a spinnaker. The jib halyard goes through the mast. Don't touch it down below, it looks like you have a bit poking out of the top of the mast. You don't want that to go away and you can use that to pull a new halyard through your mast.

Good luck!

Shawn

[domromer]

I'm going to try to fish that down today with a golf ball grabber, a pain roller extension, and a treble fish hook.

[Shawn]

That could work. Tie/tape a lightweight line to the end of the jib at the bottom of the mast. If you can snag the line up top you can then pull the old halyard and small line back down. Once you have that you can use the small line to pull a new halyard back up the mast and down through it.

Shawn