[Rhodes22-list] Main Sail Removal

[cowie]

Rummy:

thanks, sound advice, and a little rum lubricant for the captain.


R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
> Cowie,
> Concerning taking the mast down: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Simply  
> lubricating the lower bearing is about all you need to do to keep it in
> tip 
> top  working condition. 
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 8/24/2009 2:43:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> ccowie at cowieassociates.com writes:
> 
> 
> Hank:
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  I should probably take  my mast down every now and
> then just to get used to it and for general  inspection of stuff up top.
> 
> 
> Hank-5 wrote:
>> 
>>  Cowie,
>> 
>> There is no halyard.  The main is attached to the  furling tube by screws
>> and
>> that is what keeps it taut.   You have to drop the mast and then slide
>> the
>> tube (with the main) out  the bottom of the mast.
>> 
>> Hank
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 24,  2009 at 1:44 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> 
> wrote:
>>  
>>>
>>> I recently posted a question about how to remove the  genoa and now
>>> understand
>>> this is a pretty simple task  given the current General Boats roller
>>> furling
>>> set  up.  As a new R22 owner with my boat in a slip with the mast up  
> since
>>> delivery I am now trying to figure out if the main can be  removed 
> without
>>> taking the mast down?  I assume the main has  a halyard internal to the
>>> the
>>> mast and that with the  mast down it should be easy to remove but I
>>> don't
>>> see
>>>  any access to the halyard with the mast up.  My Rhodes is a new GB  
> 2009.
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