[Rhodes22-list] mast

[Todd Tavares]

Gene,

   My boat is a project and I have never had it in the water.  
     But I have sailed small boats and dinghys. I always ended up looking like Gilligan trying to feed and hoist the mainsail and crank the halyard at the same time.  I was always one hand short...especially with the Flying Scot which has a small crank handle inserted into a mini winch drum for it's wire halyard. 

    It can be frustrating trying to feed the sail up the slot, manage the excess (trying to blow into the water) and pull the halyard.  I have had sails bind in the slot and tear, halyards and winches foul, and winch handles break.  I do not think the guys with the IMF's have to struggle.

   For me though, rigging up is part of the enjoyment.

 I have seen how L. Crowther, who is a single-handed sailor, has a small sail prefeeder on the bottom of his mast.  I assume this is his extra set of hands.

When I hit the lottery, I will get a new R22 with the new IMF.  :-)

Todd


----- Original Message -----
From: gene phares <shoejg@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:36:56 -0800 (PST)
To: rhodes 22 forum <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] mast

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> Todd,  I think I understand your post but not quite. Could you rephrase it? thanx
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