[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming

[Bud]

Thanks Bob.  Do you think the top screw is accessible while the main and 
furler
are still both in the IMF?

Thanks,
Bud
 

Robert Dobson wrote:

>Bud, I had simlar problem last season. The IMF froze up on me. I could not get to recoil at all. I had to drop the mast. The top attachment screw was lose.  Screw driver was the only tool needed to complete the elaborate repair.
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>Bob
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>On Feb 26, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Bud <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>Rhodies,
> I was demonstrating the ease of my IMF when it started jamming up.
>It looks as though my main is sagging on the inner mast and bunching up -
>creating a thick layer of sail that binds inside the IMF.  I think I need to
>"tighten" up the main at the top of the mast and make it taut again. 
>Also, I have always had a lot of main down goose neck on the boom.
>I think I also need to raise the main up higher.
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>Does anyone know what adjustments are available at the top of the mast?
>How is the main attached at the top of the mast?
>I assume I will need to slide the main out of the IMF to repair.
>
>Thanks!
>Bud
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