[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues

Thu Jun 18 13:47:36 EDT 2015

Dan,

Before you dive, try bouncing the boat under power over choppy waves
to dislodge the board.  Speedy motor boat wakes work great.

Lesson learned:  never pull your board all the way up when leaving the
boat docked in the water.  Always drop it a few inches so you can
knock off critters that grow in the trunk by pulling up.

Rick

On 6/18/15, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> Well - yes
> Dive under the boat.
> Be sure to have a second set of hands nearby.
> Leave about 6 inches of slack in your CB line - so it doesn’t swing all the
> way down and hit the diver.
> Bring something to pry the back of the CB out of the trunk, like a big screw
> driver, or something like it.
> Go after it from the aft end of the CB
> Stay out of the way, in case it lets go.
> Then let it all the way down and scrape any barnacles or mussels off both
> the CB and the inside of the trunk.
> Ric
> Dadventure
> Hampton Bays NY
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:31 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
>> My 2014 reconditioned Rhodes has it's swing-keel stuck in the up position.
>> Have tried everything I can think of to lower the keel; except dive under
>> the boat. It's located in a slip in a marina. Any ideas on a solution.
>>
>> Dan Merkel, Hilton Head Isalnd.
>>
>>
>> ---- The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>> Mary Lou,
>>>
>>> Thanks so much for your help.  The photos are a great help.  I will do
>>> as
>>> you suggest, but I am not optimistic.  Unfortunately, I think hauling
>>> the
>>> boat will be needed to check this out, given the facilities at the
>>> marina.
>>> I don't have Stan's mast lowering system so how difficult will it be to
>>> lower the mast without it?
>>>
>>> Susan
>>> Bohemia River
>>>
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>>>
>>> Hi Susan.
>>> Take Joe's advice first and inspect in calmer weather. Unwrap it and if
>>> it
>>> is all the way out, see if you can furl it. If it is not all the way
>>> out,
>>> see if you can pull it further out and then furl it. If the sail is
>>> indeed
>>> sitting lower in the slot, it may have come loose at the head.
>>>
>>> If it is the head of the sail the repair could be very simple or a bit
>>> more
>>> complex depending on what failed. However, you will have to lower the
>>> mast
>>> in either case. If you have spot where there is a lot of dock to work
>>> from
>>> (the furling tube has to come all the way out of the mast to make the
>>> repair) and the mast lowering system and some helprers, it is doable
>>> without
>>> hauling the boat.
>>>
>>> The head of the sail is most likely held to the furling tube with a tab
>>> on
>>> the sail that is held in place by a tang on the mast attached with a
>>> screw
>>> on each side. If this is the case, the failure could be either the screw
>>> or
>>> the tab on the sail that the screw goes through.
>>> If it is the screw, the repair is simple - just replace the screw and
>>> you
>>> should be good to go. If it is the sail, you may be able to just put the
>>> screw through the tab and go sailing or you may need someone with a
>>> heavy
>>> duty sewing machine like a sailmaker to replace the tab.
>>>
>>> I've attached two photos of the attachment point taken when we replaced
>>> our
>>> main.
>>>
>>> Here's hoping you just need a calm day and the sail will furl but in any
>>> event best of luck with the repair.
>>>
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 08:43 PM 6/17/2015, you wrote:
>>>> Well, had myself a bit of an adventure today.  Sailing along in about
>>>> 15 knots (luckily with 2 friends) and there was a slight clunk from the
>>>>
>>>> area of the mast so it seemed. We all heard it and looked around but
>>>> nothing seemed amiss.  Then found that I could not furl the main.  It
>>>> seemed that the main was sitting a bit lower in the slot than
>>>> previously.  I tried various things, but nothing worked.  Finally found
>>>>
>>>> a way to wrap up enough of the main sail around the mast to stop any
>>>> sail action and motored back to the marina.  And so it sits.  Anyone
>>>> have any idea what happened?  Stan, if you are reading this, I will be
>>>> on the phone in the morning for advice.  I just hope this can be fixed
>>> without a long wait.
>>>>
>>>> Susan Crane
>>>> On the Bohemia River, Chesapeake Bay
>>>>
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Regards,

Rick