[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues

Thu Jun 18 11:50:24 EDT 2015

Well - yes
Dive under the boat.
Be sure to have a second set of hands nearby.
Leave about 6 inches of slack in your CB line - so it doesn’t swing all the way down and hit the diver. 
Bring something to pry the back of the CB out of the trunk, like a big screw driver, or something like it.
Go after it from the aft end of the CB
Stay out of the way, in case it lets go.
Then let it all the way down and scrape any barnacles or mussels off both the CB and the inside of the trunk.
Ric
Dadventure
Hampton Bays NY 

On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:31 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> My 2014 reconditioned Rhodes has it's swing-keel stuck in the up position. Have tried everything I can think of to lower the keel; except dive under the boat. It's located in a slip in a marina. Any ideas on a solution. 
> 
> Dan Merkel, Hilton Head Isalnd.
> 
> 
> ---- The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote: 
>> Mary Lou,
>> 
>> Thanks so much for your help.  The photos are a great help.  I will do as
>> you suggest, but I am not optimistic.  Unfortunately, I think hauling the
>> boat will be needed to check this out, given the facilities at the marina.
>> I don't have Stan's mast lowering system so how difficult will it be to
>> lower the mast without it?  
>> 
>> Susan
>> Bohemia River
>> 
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>> Hi Susan.
>> Take Joe's advice first and inspect in calmer weather. Unwrap it and if it
>> is all the way out, see if you can furl it. If it is not all the way out,
>> see if you can pull it further out and then furl it. If the sail is indeed
>> sitting lower in the slot, it may have come loose at the head.
>> 
>> If it is the head of the sail the repair could be very simple or a bit more
>> complex depending on what failed. However, you will have to lower the mast
>> in either case. If you have spot where there is a lot of dock to work from
>> (the furling tube has to come all the way out of the mast to make the
>> repair) and the mast lowering system and some helprers, it is doable without
>> hauling the boat.
>> 
>> The head of the sail is most likely held to the furling tube with a tab on
>> the sail that is held in place by a tang on the mast attached with a screw
>> on each side. If this is the case, the failure could be either the screw or
>> the tab on the sail that the screw goes through. 
>> If it is the screw, the repair is simple - just replace the screw and you
>> should be good to go. If it is the sail, you may be able to just put the
>> screw through the tab and go sailing or you may need someone with a heavy
>> duty sewing machine like a sailmaker to replace the tab.
>> 
>> I've attached two photos of the attachment point taken when we replaced our
>> main.
>> 
>> Here's hoping you just need a calm day and the sail will furl but in any
>> event best of luck with the repair.
>> 
>> Mary Lou
>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 08:43 PM 6/17/2015, you wrote:
>>> Well, had myself a bit of an adventure today.  Sailing along in about 
>>> 15 knots (luckily with 2 friends) and there was a slight clunk from the 
>>> area of the mast so it seemed. We all heard it and looked around but 
>>> nothing seemed amiss.  Then found that I could not furl the main.  It 
>>> seemed that the main was sitting a bit lower in the slot than 
>>> previously.  I tried various things, but nothing worked.  Finally found 
>>> a way to wrap up enough of the main sail around the mast to stop any 
>>> sail action and motored back to the marina.  And so it sits.  Anyone 
>>> have any idea what happened?  Stan, if you are reading this, I will be 
>>> on the phone in the morning for advice.  I just hope this can be fixed
>> without a long wait.
>>> 
>>> Susan Crane
>>> On the Bohemia River, Chesapeake Bay
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