Phil,
The material used for the plastic bearings for the IMF need to have UV  
protection. Standard plastic materials will deteriorate with a couple of  years 
of exposure. Nylon seems a little soft in my opinion. The factory uses a  
UHMWPE which is UV protected and lasts a good long time. I believe it is a  
better product for this purpose.
 
Rummy
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/28/2012 12:07:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gauthi06 at yahoo.ca writes:

Good day  everyone. Just a point, Ron, I also pulled the top doughnut when 
I removed my  main. So it will be another 6 weeks before I can get Raven 
back in the water.  No I’m not slow, that’s just the boating season up here!! 
Every once in a  while I see people asking for measurements here and there 
for their Rhodes.  Since she’s in my driveway, while I do some work on her 
till mid-May, I would  be happy to get any measurements that people might want 
for them. Ron, I’ll  pull my in-mast furler and get the doughnut dimensions 
if you want. On that  note, I could probably make them for anyone who needs 
it. I have access to  some 1” thick nylon and I have a lathe so it’s a 
pretty easy job. Let me  know.

Phil  Gauthier
Raven

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