[ham] [Rhodes22-list] IMF Outhaul Fraying

[Michael Meltzer]

you did not have a tight roll when you brought the sail in last, try a little back puessure next time on no wind furling.

MJM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:32 PM
Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] IMF Outhaul Fraying


> I stopped by the boat today to check on her and maybe sail.  It was too 
> windy to suit me with winds in the high teens but (lots of) gusts over 30. 
>  Call me a Wuss, if you like, but my wife and (almost) 2-year old were 
> along and weren't too happy.
> 
> Anyway, with the last 2 days of strong winds, I noticed that the IMF had 
> pulled about an inch out of the mast from where I left it last Wednesday 
> afternoon, and the mail was flogging in the wind.  The outhaul had frayed a 
> bit (fuzzy cover, core OK) on the custom block that slides in the track on 
> the boom.
> 
> It has been my practice all summer (with no problems so far) to furl the 
> main, cleat the black furling line, and then cleat the outhaul to keep 
> everything tight.  I then slide the block that slides in the track forward 
> on the boom until the IMF outhaul is tight and the upward pressure of the 
> outhaul keeps the block from sliding back and forth.
> 
> I tightened the furling line and re-cleated it (although it didn't have 
> much if any slack).  I also used tom light line and tied the clew of the 
> IMF to the sliding block and around the boom to immobilize the block, then 
> led the line forward to an unused halyard cleat on the mast to keep it from 
> sliding aft.
> 
> Is this the best way to do it?
> 
> Should I have been doing this all along?
> 
> Anybody ever had this sort of problem? and, if so, how did you solve it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
> 
> 
> 
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