Thanks, Ken, Peter and William!  Not a dumb question at all, Peter - I think you might be on to the issue.  I'll check it out when we're next at the boat, but from looking at the photos you all sent, I think that we have the ends reversed - it looks like the side that is now stuck in the IMF slot should be the end that leads back to the boom, and it should be the other side of the line that runs down the mast to the fairlead and jam cleat on the cabin roof.  We had that part done correctly, just perhaps with the wrong end of the line!  We'll play around with that and see if it fixes it!
Thanks again!
Rosie

On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 11:15 PM peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> I don't know if this helps, but I found this shot of the top of my mast.
> The hand is on the bow side of the mast holding the top of the forestay.
> The blue line is the topping lift line that runs down the mast to some
> blocks that lead it to a cockpit cam cleat.  If you look really closely at
> the rear of the mast, you can just make out a little blue from the line
> that runs to the back of the boom.
>
> Peter
>
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