Hi Graham, I assume you have IMF since a traditional mainsail is self
explanatory.

I have IMF and had to remove my mainsail for some patching last year.  I
found it was easiest to remove the mast and move it to the ground where I
could then easily unfurl and unattach the mainsail.  Since the entire
bundle of mast+main+jib is a lot to move around all at once, you can easily
disconnect the jib furler from the main at the top of the mast once it is
already down and on the mast crutch.  Then you can lift them down
separately if you find that to be easier.

Good luck!

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 4:03 PM gramille <gramille at tds.net> wrote:

> I will be switching out my main sail in Spring and am hoping to get advice
> from the R22 Clan on  anything I should do differently when dropping the
> mast in a few weeks ( we are having frosts already in Vermont!).
> If I just disconnect the usual two shrouds will I be able to get into the
> mast to replace the sail? Or do I need to to disconnect all the shrouds and
> take the mast off the boat?
> Graham
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