[Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming

[budconnor at earthlink.net]

Thanks!
-Bud

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>Sent: Feb 27, 2008 12:20 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] IMF is jamming
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>Bud,
>I'm sure there is no exact length. If I remember correctly, including the  
>sectionn sewed to the sail, the whole thing is only four or five inches  long.
> 
>Rummy
> 
> 
>In a message dated 2/27/2008 10:09:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>budconnor at earthlink.net writes:
>
>Hmm, how  long is the strap ... and how is it attached?
>
>Thanks,
>The Prize  Patrol
>
>stan 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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