[Rhodes22-list] IMF Main Removal

[Mary Lou Troy]

I suspect yours is similar to what ours was on Fretless. I've documented 
it before  and I'll put what I can find from the list archives as links 
below.

Basically the main is attached to the furling tube inside the mast 
either by being inserted into a slot in the tube and held at the top by 
a piece of webbing through an eye or (in earlier models) being attached 
directly to the tube itself. The 'doughnut'  at the top of the tube 
keeps it in place but is not attached to the mast itself so it spins 
freely within the mast (no swivel, no halyard) and once you've undone 
the mechanism at the bottom of the mast, it slides right out. Your 
mechanic is right - it is a proprietary GBI design (Stan's) and he won't 
see it on any other boat.

This link shows both top and bottom (the 3rd photo is the top) with the 
tube out of the mast.
http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2015-July/078200.html

I've attached a couple of other photos I took the same day. Guess I 
should do something that could go permanently on the rhodes22.org 
website as I have to hunt this up whenever the question arises and I 
never get the same thing twice.

Hope this answers your questions,
Mary Lou
formerly R22 Fretless
now Rosborough RF-246 Tara
Rock Hall, MD



On 10/30/2017 3:56 PM, JP Dempsey wrote:
> Last Spring while my mast was on horses, we could not determine how to remove
> the main from the mast. It appeared that the peak of the main was attached
> to a bracket or swivel that was fastened inside the mast. We were looking
> through the mast slot as it lay horizontally. Having no prior experience
> with IMF systems, I had no basis with which to question my mechanic, who is
> very knowledgeable about furling systems. He had never seen anything like
> this. He said that normally there is an internal halyard that will lower the
> sail inside the mast.
> Have searched the List but cannot find an answer to THESE questions: How is
> the main sail secured at the peak? Were we looking at the upper donut
> bearing and the sail is fastened to that?
>
> There is a tear in the main just forward of the UV Sunbrella cover at the
> clew and i need to remove the sail to have it repaired.
>
> I would appreciate any assistance.
>
>
>
>
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