[Rhodes22-list] IMF

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Slim,
 
I've found that I often have to luff or almost luff in order  to get my hands 
on the in-haul/out-haul lines on the boom.  You've  gotta get the boom within 
arms reach (within the cockpit) and the sail  sufficiently de-powered that 
you can muscle the lines.   If  the  in-haul/out-haul lines on the boom were led 
back to the cockpit from the mast,  it might be possible to just release the 
main sail sheet, de-power the  sail, haul the sail in or out as appropriate, 
take up  the slack, and  you’re back in business - the process Hank outlined 
but with an IMF -  without changing course.
 
It might be nice if the IMF in-haul/out-haul lines that are run  inside the 
boom were instead led back to the cockpit from the mast.  Has  anybody done 
that?
 
Dave