Re: Front furler Bamar MEJ upgrade to EJF? Is it worth it?
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I also have a problem understanding the issue on the furler drainage. The thick black (electrical) cable does go via a ss pipe (if I remember correctly) into the sail/bow locker and on AMELIT the caulking around that cable into the ss pipe was compromised and allowed water into the sail/bow locker. Once we fixed that no more water via that entry into the locker.
When I am back on the boat I will check if there is a drain plug on the bottom of the furler.
Best Regards Teun SV AMELIT A54 #128
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Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 04:50 To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Front furler Bamar MEJ upgrade to EJF? Is it worth it?
I replaced both furlers with the EJF’s. Since they use a planetary gear system instead of belts and worm-gears the torque provided by the furler is about twice as high compared to the original MEJ’s at the same power consumption. For me
they are working well, When furling in strong winds I can’t hear the motor being stressed at all, it furls in quite smoothly.
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