[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues or new mainsail?

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Make that ...Jammed IMF


> Ted,
>  Check out archives May  12 ,2013 IMF sticking. If  Stans list doesn't
> cure it, you might be looking at new sails.
>   Good luck,
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> Jerry Lowe
> S/V Country Rhodes '86
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> Hey folks, I hope everyone is ready for spring! I'm not sure if you'll
>> remember but a while back I posted some questions about issues with my
>> IMF. I am continuing to have an issue pulling out the sail despite
>> following your advice to the T. I ensure that I'm on a port tack with
>> the
>> boom slightly to starboard and the boom slightly lower when I furl the
>> sail. The sail has no issues furling, but pulling it out is a different
>> story. It tends to get bunched up on the lower part of the sail when I
>> am
>> pulling the out haul. This requires me to go forward and give the sail a
>> few tugs and push in the extra material that tends to get bunched up in
>> the lower part of the mast.
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>> I am guessing my mainsail is just old and blown out. Could this be what
>> is
>> causing my issues? You can see in the attached picture that the top of
>> the
>> sacrificial cloth is further in the mast then the bottom. Is this
>> indicative of an "blown out" mainsail that requires replacement?
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>> Help!
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>> Cheers,
>> Ted
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>> SV AIRPOWER
>> Jacksonville, FL
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