[Rhodes22-list] Tired of IMF

[John Shulick]

John,
 
 The IMF mast is taller than the standard main. I had Mike Cheungs' boat (09
recycle) and my (71 original) side by side and he looked 1 to 2 ft taller
easy. You would need new rigging but you might save on the genoa by having
it re-cut.

John S
 

jlock wrote:
> 
> Looking past the obvious "why would you do that?!" question, I wonder  
> how feasible that downgrade would be?  Seems like most of the standing  
> rigging would have to be resized or replaced due to differing mast  
> height or attachment points.  Could you still use the same genoa?  Or  
> would that also need to be resized/replaced?  Speaking from ignorance  
> here...  I don't know what (if any) dimensional differences there are  
> between standard and IMF rigs.
> 
> But if it were feasible, how about we just swap?  I'll take your IMF  
> rig and you can have my standard rig ;-)
> 
> Cheers!
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 12:04, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>> Charlie,
>> What in the hell are you drinking anyway? Nobody in their right mind  
>> would
>> want to replace an IMF with a standard main. What gives here???????
>>
>> Rummy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/7/2010 11:37:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> blue66corvette at hotmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> The  sail is tired and it is time to replace. I am sooooo tired of  
>> fighting
>> the IMF  and have decided to go to a standard main. Has anyone done  
>> this
>> without  replacing the mast?  Any suggestions ??? I could really use  
>> the
>> advise of  all you experienced Rhodes guys out there  ..
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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