Raise the Furler

[JCPH3]

Have adjusting shrouds lately and searching forum for advice, im sailing in pretty light winds and i was thinking ive got her too stiff. Anyways..
Came across an old post where someone mentioned the addition of a chain plate to raise the furler keeping the head sail off the pulpit. I'm intrigued, is this a viable option?

[Jimmyt]

Have adjusting shrouds lately and searching forum for advice, im sailing in pretty light winds and i was thinking ive got her too stiff. Anyways..
Came across an old post where someone mentioned the addition of a chain plate to raise the furler keeping the head sail off the pulpit. I'm intrigued, is this a viable option?

If you raise the headsail, by essentially lengthening the forestay, it would seem you'd have to raise the mast hound at the top as well. Have you considered going to a smaller jib, or having a sailmaker raise the foot of your Genoa? I did a quick search and couldn't find the topic easily (which I assume you did also). Highlander probably has the most experience with modifying headsail arrangement. You might send him a PM and see if he has any advice.

I don't like the way the Genoa drags across the pulpit either, but it seems to be pretty common for big headsails (I watch a lot of sailing videos when the weather is bad).

[leefrankpierce]

I added a quick release shroud adjuster to my forestay https://www.westmarine.com/buy/c-sherma ... ecordNum=1
The HUGE advantage is that is is way easier to connect the forstay when rigging, and you can see under the foresail.
To adjust for the longer forestay, I had to move the connection point higher up the mast, this changes the angle of the sail, so I added a pulley to the safety rails in the cockpit so the sheets would pull the foresail at the correct angle.
At the same time, I took the rake out of the mast. Combining the mast rake and having a sheeting position much further outboard, I am convinced I point much better with much better sail shape.
Taking some rake out of the mast also have me a higher boom, so overall I am happy with the changes.

[Interim]

Do you need to adjust the forestay to do this? My roller furler is longer than my headsail's luff, so I have adjustment room. I can shorten the halyard, which results in a higher foot.

--john

[leefrankpierce]

Do you need to adjust the forestay to do this? My roller furler is longer than my headsail's luff, so I have adjustment room. I can shorten the halyard, which results in a higher foot.

--john

If by "this" you mean add a quick release, note where I moved the attachment point higher on the mast. You will be adding more than 6 inches so I doubt any adjustment will work.