[Rhodes22-list] IMF Mast and Sail

[Peter Nyberg]

It's Ric Stott who's thinking about switching to an IMF mast, not me.

--Peter

> On 2023-01-02, at 08:57:58 EST, Stephen Staum wrote:
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> Peter,
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> I recovered the mast from my '87 Rhodes 22 (Carol Lee) and installed it on my 
> '83 (Carol Lee 2) replacing the conventional main.  I had all new shrouds made 
> as I was demasted in salt water using the shrouds from the '87 as the template.  
> I had to do a little modification on 1 shroud since the boats are not perfectly 
> identical.  I had Doyle in East Greenwich, RI make me a new mainsail which cost 
> $600 back in 2016.  It had no battens as my original was used for a pattern.  
> The older IMF sails had no battens.  Even the new mainsail I got from Stan in 
> 2021 with the replacement mast for the Pinafore (it was bent in a marina launch 
> accident) has no battens. Feel free to contact me off list if you want to 
> discuss any aspect of the conversion.  Give me your number and I will call you. 
> Happy New Year to all,
> 
> *Thanks and Stay Well,*
> 
> *Stephen Staum*
> 
> *s/v Pinafore*
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