Does the Brewer 44 have a 5/16" headstay or 3/8?

Trying to order a new roller furler but am away from the boat and missing a key detail. I believe I measured the lower clevis pin to be 5/8" Would that be indicative of a 3/8" wire? Any input would be helpful, as I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere!

Thanks,

Matt

On my B 12.8 it shows as 5/16 on the rig survey I had done. The clevis pins shows as 5/8. Terry.

Thanks for the reply. I spoke with a guy who was part of Ft Meyers Yachts and he said they were always 3/8". However, our particular boat was completely re-rigged with in-mast furling, so who knows!?? I am heading down to boat in two weeks to measure everything.

1. Who was the guy you talked to? Tony, Gerry, Joe?
2. What was the size you measured?
Thanks for closing the loop and providing info for the next guy.

Hi Terry and All,

Here is what I came up with after going aloft- 5/16 wire and 53 feet from pin to pin. My rigging is different, as it is comprised of a stemball eye to double jaw toggle. NO Noreseman/Stay-Lock fittings.

We are cutter rigged which is most likely why we are not 3/8 on forestay, as we are afforded more strength with the inner forestay, also at 5/16.

I had spoken with Tony, who has owned two B44's and both of his had 3/8. This leads me to believe that there wasn't s standard or it varied if cutter rigged.

For what it's worth- I went with Alex at Bahama Rigging in Kemah, TX for my new forestay. He did a beautiful job and had very good prices. I went with a new Hood Sea Furl 5, as it has better bits and pieces than many of the competitors furlers out there. Hood/Pompanette gave me a VERY discounted price on my new furler, based on being a previous Hood customer (old furler was the Hood 3250)

I poured A LOT of time into my roller furler replacement research. I spoke with riggers and end users in 3 different countries. I will post in a few months, once we are back out on the water and spend some time with the new furler.

Feel free to contact if anyone has any more questions.