[Rhodes22-list] Scott and Detached Furlers

[TN Rhodey]

Ralph,

OK.....I am curious.....how did your Rhodes get me-masted?

Wally


>From: "Ralph Zeto" <ralphzeto at msn.com>
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>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Scott and Detached Furlers
>Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:48:25 -0400
>
>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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