[Rhodes22-list] Main Sail Removal

[cowie]

Hank:

Thanks for the reply.  I should probably take my mast down every now and
then just to get used to it and for general inspection of stuff up top.


Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Cowie,
> 
> There is no halyard.  The main is attached to the furling tube by screws
> and
> that is what keeps it taut.  You have to drop the mast and then slide the
> tube (with the main) out the bottom of the mast.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:44 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I recently posted a question about how to remove the genoa and now
>> understand
>> this is a pretty simple task given the current General Boats roller
>> furling
>> set up.  As a new R22 owner with my boat in a slip with the mast up since
>> delivery I am now trying to figure out if the main can be removed without
>> taking the mast down?  I assume the main has a halyard internal to the
>> the
>> mast and that with the mast down it should be easy to remove but I don't
>> see
>> any access to the halyard with the mast up.  My Rhodes is a new GB 2009.
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