[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues or new mainsail?

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Sounds like you need to drop the mast and inspect.  Its possible the lower luff has pulled loose.

Bob(palatka)

> On Apr 2, 2015, at 10:18 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> 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,
>> 
>> Jerry Lowe
>> S/V Country Rhodes '86
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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!
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ted
>>> 
>>> SV AIRPOWER
>>> Jacksonville, FL
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