[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues (Susan))

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Fri Jun 19 17:06:30 EDT 2015 

Joe and Susan.
We won't be around next week but at some point I 
think I posted lots of pictures of when we took 
out the furling tube to replace our main. Let me 
know if you can't find them in the archives and I'll send them to you directly.

Mary Lou


At 04:40 PM 6/19/2015, you wrote:
>Susan: Â Â Â Â  Tuesday and Wednesday look like 
>good weather days. While I have raised and 
>lowered my mast many times (even by myself) I am 
>"stupid" with regards to the inner workings of 
>the IMF. We will just need to put our heads 
>together and stumble through it. I will print 
>all of the good advice message in this thread 
>for help.  If a local Rhodie is available, it 
>would be nice to have a set of experienced 
>hands.  (This is the place where other members 
>of the list chime up and ask for directions). Â 
>    Do you want to make it Tuesday?  
>Â  I'll need to go to my boat first to get some 
>equipment and tools. I can give you a call when 
>I am at my marina: 10:30 or so.  Good? 
>Joe       From: The Rhodes 22 Email List 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> To: 'The Rhodes 22 
>Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Sent: 
>Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:45 PM Subject: Re: 
>[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues (JOE)    Joe, You are 
>my hero!  Thanks for offering to help.  I find 
>the whole situation a bit daunting.  You tell 
>me what time is good for you and I will be 
>there. Everyone on the list has been so 
>helpful.  Thanks to all. Susan -----Original 
>Message----- From: 
>rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On 
>Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email List Sent: 
>Thursday, June 18, 2015 2:30 PM To: The Rhodes 
>22 Email List Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] IMF 
>issues (SUSAN) Susan: Â  Â  Yes, I have the mast 
>lowering rig, and you can certainly borrow 
>it.  It's got some "idiomatic" characteristics: 
>You need to make the rig fast to the deck 
>attachment forward of the tabernacle, then 
>attach the aft lower stays to the rig and use 
>Stan's handy extenders (also in my tool kit) to 
>make the forward lower stays longer.  Upper 
>stays can remain in place.  This will give you 
>enough space to get the mast down. It goes down 
>aft. I can get down there to give you a hand 
>with it.  Though I am uninformed about the 
>repair you may need.      If you can tie up 
>to a long dock (I think your transient dock fits 
>the bill) we can just pull the masthead over the 
>dock and do what's needed.  ("sounds" easy and 
>simple)Â  I am all booked up through Sunday. If 
>you are available early next week, we may be 
>able to find a time that works.  Let me 
>know.  It's good to be a Rhodie. Joe 
>Â  Â  Â  From: The Rhodes 22 Email List 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> To: 'The Rhodes 22 
>Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Sent: 
>Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:43 AM Subject: Re: 
>[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues   Joe, My main was 
>completely unfurled when the problem occurred 
>and I was unable to furl any of the sail back 
>into the mast.  It wouldn't budge.  So I don't 
>think our problems were the same.  I hope yours 
>is more easily solved than mine.  Do you, by 
>chance, have the mast lowering device that Stan 
>sells.  I didn't get one with my boat and it 
>looks like a mast lowering is in my future. 
>Susan Bohemia River -----Original Message----- 
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On 
>Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email List Sent: 
>Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:51 PM To: The Rhodes 
>22 Email List Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] IMF 
>issues Susan: Â  Â  I was out today as well. 
>After about 2:30, the wind was ferocious. 
>Especially on the Elk River.  My buddy and I 
>(him at the tiller) had a very hard time furling 
>the main as well as the genny.  I had no choice 
>but to do so in the wind.  Even headed straight 
>into the wind, the main was a bear to furl, and 
>I wasn't able to get it neatly into the 
>mast.  Once I got it in, I tied it off still 
>looking ugly. My jib looks likes a knotted up 
>pair of dirty socks. At least it doesn't smell 
>bad. Â  Â  When that main sail gets wrinkled up 
>in the furling process, it's really tough to get 
>it in.  I wonder if yours is simply bunched up 
>in the wrong places.  It may correct itself if 
>you go back to the boat on a calmer day and try 
>it again.  Run it all the way out, to clear it, 
>and all the way in. I heard a couple of 
>mysterious clunks today as well.  Maybe it 
>wasn't in your IMF just a sound owing to a 
>vigorous sail... or maybe we both had an issue 
>and are in for big repairs. Don't panic till you 
>try it again.  Let us know how you make 
>out.  (Damn! the sailing was really great, 
>though.) Joe Camp s/v John Dawson Bohemia River, 
>MD Â  Â  Â  From: The Rhodes 22 Email List 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> To: 'The Rhodes 22 
>Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Sent: 
>Wednesday, June 17, 2015 8:43 PM Subject: 
>[Rhodes22-list] IMF issues   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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