[Rhodes22-list] Scott and Detached Furlers

[Ralph Zeto]

Scott,
     5years back, My '93 Rhodes was de-masted (broken in half at the 
spreaders) and the furling tubes (IMF & 175) ware bent far worse then what 
your pics show. Purchased a used mast from Stan and when Elton delivered it, 
we were able to straiten the furling tubes out and reuse them and have had 
no problem with furling the IMF or the 175.

Ralph
s/v  SEDUCTION

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> Scott,
> That doesn't look totally terminal, at least not at this point. The tube 
> is
> made of aluminum which is a highly resilient material. I would think a 
> machine
>  shop would be able to straighten it with a coaxing. It is only bent, not
> kinked  which is a good thing. However, it will never be perfectly 
> straight and
> your  best bet might be to install a new CDI furler. We all have to make 
> the
> decision  from time to time to bite the bullet and drop more money into 
> that
> hole in the  water we call a boat.
>
> Rummy
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