[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming

[Bud]

Hmm, how long is the strap ... and how is it attached?

Thanks,
The Prize Patrol

stan wrote:

>the strap on top of the IMF main sail deteriorated form UV and let go
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>What do I win - if I win.
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>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming
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>>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
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>>In a message dated 2/26/2008 9:47:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>budconnor at earthlink.net writes:
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>>Thanks  Bob.  Do you think the top screw is accessible while the main and
>>furler
>>are still both in the  IMF?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Bud
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>>Robert Dobson wrote:
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>>>Bud, I  had simlar problem last season. The IMF froze up on me. I could 
>>>not
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>>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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>>>Sent from my  iPhone
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>>>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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