[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming - Stan's prize...

[stan]

Ed, as the leading critic of all other isms, you know how capitalism works - 
you get the printer for almost nothing and pay through the nose for the ink.

the boats are loss leaders  -  the straps are our ink   are you suggesting 
this capitalist cut off our profit source.

ss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:34 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming - Stan's prize...


>
> Stan:
>
> Having had the straps on the Genoa deteriorate and break I understand your
> comment very well.
>
> Prize?  Consumer Products Safety Recall all IMF and install new UV 
> resistant
> straps.  The current straps that I have seen are all white.  Black resist 
> UV
> deterioration best.  So all new straps on both sails should be made with
> black UV resistant material.
>
> Why does a johnny come lately learn about UV and UV resistant materials
> before the guru?  Hum?
>
> I guess no prize, but all new or reconditioned sails should have a 
> different
> material for straps.  Such material is currently available, maybe a few 
> more
> shekels?  Maybe you need to buy Rose a good heavy duty sewing machine for
> the plant?  Of course it should come with instructions in Romanian.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> "If you can smile when things go wrong , you have someone in mind to 
> blame."
>
>
>
>
> stanleyl wrote:
>>
>> the strap on top of the IMF main sail deteriorated form UV and let go
>>
>> What do I win - if I win.
>>
>> ss
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming
>>
>>
>>> Bud,
>>> Once the mast is down, removing the IMF is an easy proposition. As I
>>> stated
>>> earlier, the screw may or may not be the problem. Removing the IMF
>>> furling
>>> tube  is the easiest and only way to find the problem.
>>>
>>> Rummy
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 2/26/2008 9:47:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> budconnor at earthlink.net writes:
>>>
>>> Thanks  Bob.  Do you think the top screw is accessible while the main 
>>> and
>>> furler
>>> are still both in the  IMF?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bud
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Dobson wrote:
>>>
>>>>Bud, I  had simlar problem last season. The IMF froze up on me. I could
>>>>not
>>> get to  recoil at all. I had to drop the mast. The top attachment screw
>>> was
>>> lose.  Screw driver was the only tool needed to complete the elaborate
>>> repair.
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>>
>>>>Sent from my  iPhone
>>>>
>>>>On Feb 26, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Bud  <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Rhodies,
>>>> I was  demonstrating the ease of my IMF when it started jamming up.
>>>>It looks  as though my main is sagging on the inner mast and bunching
>>>>p  -
>>>>creating a thick layer of sail that binds inside the IMF.  I  think I
> need
>>>>to
>>>>"tighten" up the main at the top of the mast and make  it taut again.
>>>>Also, I have always had a lot of main down goose neck  on the boom.
>>>>I think I also need to raise the main up  higher.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know what adjustments are available at the  top of the mast?
>>>>How is the main attached at the top of the  mast?
>>>>I assume I will need to slide the main out of the IMF to  repair.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>Bud
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