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Our 1991 boat came equipped with a Hood double line furling system that has always worked, except recently while on a cruise with my oldest son and his family. In this picture is a temporary modification using a piece of wood that is bolted to the aluminum cylinder base of the Hood drum. The purpose was to keep the drum from rotating thus causing the double lines to bind at the point of drum entry. The original U bolt that secures the cylinder to the horizontal SS pin that is part of the head sail chain plate was insufficient to keep the drum from rotating.

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The drum is now secured to the chain plate pin with the SS bar and the drum is in proper alignment with the double line. The resistance was always when rolling the sail in. In this picture the line on the right was to roll the sail in. In doing so the drum would rotate clockwise causing the line on the left to drag against the drum housing at the point of entry. Any kind of wind would make the drum twist even more thus more resistance. No more. Works as smooth as silk both in and out.

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The final version secures the drum base to the horizontal SS chain plate pin using a 7/8th inch long by one inch wide by 1/8th inch thick SS bar. The drum now is in proper alignment with the double line and will not rotate. This is what Hunter should have done instead of the SS U bolt that allowed the drum to rotate.

The bar cost $3.50 from our local metal shop, plus a 1/4 inch U bolt and two 5/16th inch bolts with nylock nuts. Altogether the material cost was less than $10. The molded rings on the horizontal pin were spaced at 7/8th inch so that required some grinding in order for the bar to fit.