[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 Questions

[Mary Lou Troy]

IMF works very well. It doesn't perform as well as a standard 
battened mainsail - sail area and sailshape suffer -  but the 
convenience is wonderful. It's very adaptable to a wide range of conditions.

We've never had a problem with ours. It does take a bit of technique 
for example if the boom is at the wrong angle it doesn't work as well 
(not a problem if you've remembered to loosen the topping lift) but 
once learned it works very well. If you are in high wind conditions 
you may need to turn into the wind to depower it enough to furl it 
though we've found that you can usually depower it enough furl it 
just by releasing the outhaul. The only maintenance we give ours is 
an occasional spray of SailKote . If we remember at the beginning of 
the season, we'll also spray the edges of the mast slot to reduce 
friction. We recently bought a new mainsail with the single vertical 
batten from Stan and installed it ourselves. The first few times we 
used it everything was stiffer than normal and we were wondering if 
we had made a mistake on the installation but I think it was just the 
new stiff sailcloth because it is now working just fine.

Mary Lou


At 01:09 PM 7/5/2011, you wrote:
>I plan on sailing Lake Erie since I live in Ohio and when given the
>opportunity the other Great Lakes as the opportunity presents itself.
>
>I appreciate all of your answers.
>
>How well does the IMF work and what do you need to do to keep it working
>properly?
>
>Ron
>
>--
>Ron Jewett
>What's so amazing about him?
>Are you kidding?
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