[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming

[stan]

the strap on top of the IMF main sail deteriorated form UV and let go

What do I win - if I win.

ss

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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming


> Bud,
> Once the mast is down, removing the IMF is an easy proposition. As I 
> stated
> earlier, the screw may or may not be the problem. Removing the IMF furling
> tube  is the easiest and only way to find the problem.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 2/26/2008 9:47:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> budconnor at earthlink.net writes:
>
> 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 
>>p  -
>>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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