No news here is not good news.

Mine had significant wear from the rotation of the furling tube, as we use our boat hard and often. Not sure what your tube is resting on without it, but in Stan’s world (after some 30+ yrs with 2 different R22s), Stan uses what’s absolutely necessary/efficient for the particular function, no extra parts, no accidental backup or secondary support. So I doubt that something else isn’t happening or deteriorating only to be discovered later, most often under sail. Short term you maybe ok, long term not so good.

J

> On Sep 23, 2018, at 1:30 PM, Olivier Hecht <oehecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Jay.  Based on your memory, what impact do you think it not being
> installed will cause?  Does it stop the entire furling tube (and sail) from
> lowering too fall when lowered (which I don't do too often), or does it
> somehow stop the unfurling or furling of the sail?  If it's the latter, I
> didn't notice any issues furling or unfurling yesterday and I was watching
> for issues after seeing the part fall out.  Thanks again.
> 
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:56 AM Jay Friedland <jayf401 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Oliver,
>> At first glance/going from memory, it looks like the stop the mast's
>> furling tube bushing rides against. It’s tapped into the internal part of
>> the whole block assembly that the boom attaches to. How both screws backed
>> out is a mystery, unless the tore out with some other force from the
>> furling tube? for me, it’s been a couple years since that was removed, so
>> I’m sure others can add more detail.
>> 
>> Jay Friedland
>> S/V Wanderlust ‘97
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 23, 2018, at 11:24 AM, Olivier Hecht <oehecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> And where it goes?  It’s a plastic block about 1”x2” with two long screws
>>> through it.
>>> 
>>> I was raising the pop top yesterday and this fell to the deck. It seemed
>> to
>>> come right from the mast/boom/gooseneck area but I didn’t see exactly
>> where
>>> it came from or an obvious place for it.
>>> 
>>> I did not notice any effects while sailing for four hours. It looks like
>> a
>>> stop of some sort, maybe when the sail is lowered in the mast?  I didn’t
>>> see any mounting holes when I looked in the mast, though.
>>> 
>>> Olivier
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