[Rhodes22-list] Removing the main sail from the mast

[Rory Orkin]

Perhaps a few digital pictures of the process for the archives if you do it
again ???


cjlowe wrote:
> 
> Rex,
> Sliding the mast down the furling tube would be tough,I'd suggest sliding
> the furling tube into the mast. The furling tube has a bearing arrangement
> on the top end of the tube (which ,I forgot to mention,you have to remove
> to
> slide the sail out the top of the furling tube)that guides the tube in and
> out of the furling tube chamber in the mast.
> Yes the sail has a line sewn in the luft and a tough fabric sewn on -top
> and
> bottom-that you screw to the furling tube ,to keep vertical tension on the
> luft to hold it in place. The luft rope slides in a grove that runs the
> length of the furling tube.The job is best done with 2 or more people,and
> goes like this:
> 1- take off top bearing
> 2- unscrew fabric strips,top and bottom
> 3- 1 person grab the top fabric strip and hold, the other person grab the
> bottom of the furling tube and pull it off of the sail.
>  when putting the sail back on,let the tube lay on the ground,while One
> person starts the luft rope into the grove in the top of the tube and
> slowly
> pulls,  the other person feeds the sail in the grove at the top of the
> mast.
> When the sail is in position,screw the fabric back down on the tube and
> put
> the top bearing back on.
> Clear as mud,
> Jerry
> 
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