[Rhodes22-list] Removing IMF mainsail

[recorderguy2001 at yahoo.com]

Hi Peter,
   Thanks for getting back to me.  Yes, my furling assembly is VERY different.  The furler tube is nothing more than a tube.  It does not have the slot or the extrusion that allows the end cap to be screwed on.  The good news for me is if I were to bend it, it would be easier to replace.  As for the bearing cap that on yours is held in with a single screw, on mine I'm guessing it is pressure fitted.  It appears that some previous owner has either removed it or tried to remove it and it has sustained some damage.  It sustained more when I tried.  At that point I gave up and removed the donut at the top of the tube and slid the sail off that way.  I'm not looking forward to trying to get the donut back on the furling tube.  The damage to the bearing surface is minimal and around the outside edge, so it should not effect function, but I can't replace the furling line without removing it which would likely mean destroying it.  I'm sure I could print a useable replacement part in ABS, but I don't know how long I could expect it to last and would probably end up putting a new one on every couple of years.  I'll reach out to GB and see if they have any of these old-style end caps.

Peter



>Peter,

>I made a YouTube video about how I went about taking apart my IMF lower assembly:  https://youtu.be/MH7hYJnoNpM

>Of course, yours may be somewhat different.  If there's no screw holding the lower cap in place, as there was with mine, then I'd guess that it's just a >pressure fit.

>General Boats would be the only source for IMF parts.

>Peter Nyberg
>Coventry, CT
>s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On 2023-10-28, at 21:37:06 EDT, peter beckerman wrote: