[Rhodes22-list] IMF Problem

[Wally Buck]

Slim, When my boom started to work its way loose I redrilled a new hole in 
each flange around mast. You may have over tightened screw. It is not 
supposed to go all the way through flange.

Wally


>From: Slim <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] IMF Problem
>Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:07:34 -0500
>
>My friend and boat partner Judi and her sister had the boat out yesterday
>and had trouble rolling in the main.  I went out there today and discovered
>the screw that holds the hardware that connects the boom to the mast had
>worked its way out.  The screw was just hanging there and the girls were
>lucky the boom didn't disconnect.  I screwed it back in where it goes into
>one of the roller bushings.
>
>But now the furler is jammed somehow.  When I tried to pull the sail out, 
>it
>only came out a couple feet and then jammed.  I pulled on the in and out
>lines and could only roll the sail in and out about a foot--it was jammed
>both ways.  Then, after working it back and forth for a while, it finally
>came out like usual but jammed again with the clew about a foot from the 
>end
>of the boom.  Same deal--it was jammed both ways and I could only pull the
>sail in and out about a foot.  It's not binding (such as with a wrinkle in
>the sail)--it's seems to be snagging on something and stops hard in both
>directions.  I fiddled with it for about a half hour and ran out of time 
>and
>had to head for home.  I had to wrap the sail (almost all the way out)
>around the mast and bungie it.  I'll head out tomorrow and drop the mast if
>I have to...whatever.
>
>Anybody have a clue where the snag might be.
>
>Slim
>
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