I’ve also had difficulty when the mainsheet is inadvertently pulled tight.  The boom should be level or slightly elevated to avoid a tight leech when furling.

> On Sep 15, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Hank,
> Sorry to hear about your trials. Your analysis is spot on I think. Ive been
> sailing Rhodes for almost 50 years and letting the furling line  whip into
> the mast on an un restricted deployment will often result in what you
> described. If you can manage in calm wind,  try to raise the mast, tune the
> rigging ( lots of threads in the archives on this) and then orient the boat
> on the trailer so you have “port tack”. Try deploying the main slowly with
> some tension on the furling line.  The boom should be on your stb qtr with
> the out haul slightly lower than the gooseneck. Hopefully this will confirm
> your analysis. Furl and deploy until until  it seems comfortable and
> natural. Watch closely to see that the problem was not in the mechanism
> itself. The only other problem I ever had in all these years was the strap
> at the head of the sail became detached and the sail sagged down. Not good
> when you are several miles offshore in Mexico. But because of the
> simplicity of the system, like you, I got it furled.  Uh the system was
> simple, not you Hank. Grin. Anyway, welcome to the club and I’m sure there
> are several other Rhodies who can add their thoughts for a solution.
> 
> Chris Geankoplis
> Xenos
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 2:45 AM hankstein--- via Rhodes22-list <
>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I finally launched my new to me 1993 R-22.
>> I could not get the main to roller furl back into the mast.  purposely
>> took the boat out on a fairly light day to test things out -  I always
>> single hand so it was a problem...  seemed jammed to me -  finally got the
>> sail to furl when I was almost back to the ramp up the Huron River here in
>> Ohio.  (yikes)
>> I suspect that perhaps I rolled the sail out too fast and maybe the
>> furling line was "cattywompus" inside the mast .. (I did not keep tension
>> on the furling line)  bunched up maybe ?  or maybe the rig is not tuned
>> well (it wasn't) since I always did fear that ANY mast bend might jam the
>> in mast furler.   I am not sure what I did wrong..  This winter I intend to
>> remove the sail for some sail work so will have an opportunity to check the
>> furling unit.
>> Any suggestions on what to do is very appreciated.This would be both scary
>> and disastrous if I needed to furl in an approaching storm.
>> thanks..   Hank      Muireann  1993  R-22       Huron, Ohio
>> 
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