[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming

[Hank]

Bud,

You will still need to drop the mast.  It might be available if the sail is
completely unfurled.  Anyway, at that point it is no big deal to remove the
main.

Hank

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Bud <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >On Feb 26, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Bud <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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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