[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues

Thu Jun 18 14:12:29 EDT 2015

Rick, 

Obviously good suggestion that I'm not sure I would have thought of 

Larry Allen
Makai
Sarasota

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Dan,

Before you dive, try bouncing the boat under power over choppy waves to dislodge the board.  Speedy motor boat wakes work great.

Lesson learned:  never pull your board all the way up when leaving the boat docked in the water.  Always drop it a few inches so you can knock off critters that grow in the trunk by pulling up.

Rick

On 6/18/15, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 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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Rick

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