[Rhodes22-list] Headsail Removal: Roller furling

[Bob Weber]

Jim, If you have the GB roller furler (open drum and flexible) you have to 
take the sail off with the mast unsteped.  There is a groove that the bolt 
rope runs in.  Untie the a static line at the head.  and tack and slide it 
out the bottom ( I think I had to partially remove the drum to make room).  
I had good experience with Sailcare last year on a clean / repair job but 
you are hitting them at there busy time.  If you can bear to have a dirty 
sail for a couple months, June would be the best time to get it cleaned.  
Bob Weber


>From: Jim White <jdwhite at panam.edu>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Headsail Removal: Roller furling
>Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 08:26:43 -0600
>
>Good Morning Ya'll
>Greetings from Deep South Texas (South Padre Island)....
>I just acquired a 1978 Rhodes 22, in overall very good shape. However, the 
>headsail  (175% genny) has been attached via the roller furling to the 
>mast, and all have been lashed atop the cabin for more than a year. There 
>is no cover on the sail, and it has a little green algae growing on the 
>exposed surface. I'd like to take it off of the furling and inspect / have 
>it cleaned. Since I haven't had a chance to take it down from the deck yet, 
>I'm wondering if there's any tricks / suggestions / procedures that you can 
>pass along to a new trailerboat owner on this? My last boat was a 32 Abbott 
>with hanked on headsail....
>
>Thanks for any replies!
>
>JD White
>
>Jim White
>UTPA Coastal Studies Laboratory
>100 Marine Lab Dr.
>South Padre Is TX 78597
>jdwhite at panam.edu
>
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