[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming - Stan's prize...

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Stan:

Having had the straps on the Genoa deteriorate and break I understand your
comment very well.

Prize?  Consumer Products Safety Recall all IMF and install new UV resistant
straps.  The current straps that I have seen are all white.  Black resist UV
deterioration best.  So all new straps on both sails should be made with
black UV resistant material.

Why does a johnny come lately learn about UV and UV resistant materials
before the guru?  Hum?

I guess no prize, but all new or reconditioned sails should have a different
material for straps.  Such material is currently available, maybe a few more
shekels?  Maybe you need to buy Rose a good heavy duty sewing machine for
the plant?  Of course it should come with instructions in Romanian.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
"If you can smile when things go wrong , you have someone in mind to blame."




stanleyl wrote:
> 
> the strap on top of the IMF main sail deteriorated form UV and let go
> 
> What do I win - if I win.
> 
> ss
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> 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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