Graham, I haven't had the entire unit come out. The strangest thing that I had with the Starboard material was one of  the doughnut spacers that helps hold the furling pole in place,was broken into 3 pieces. I say strange because it really just acts as a spacer with very little stress. General Boats , at the time, would only sell the entire unit and not individual pieces. I just finished replacing all of the parts that make up the universal joint connecting the boom to the mast. The mast needed to be dropped in order to replace all of the parts.  See if a sailor's friends duct tape and zip ties will let you finish the season.

Cary

On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:

> Thanks Lee,
>  That is what I feared.
>  Has anyone else had this happen??
> Graham
>
> > On Sep 4, 2025, at 07:50, Lee Kuhn <lvjkuhn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Graham,
> >
> > Unfortunately it looks like you need to lower the mast.
> >
> > Lee
> > Boatless in Wytheville
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 2:55 AM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> There we were, having a lovely autumnal sail on Lake Champlain when the
> >> black composite  box that slides at the bottom of the mast and connects
> to
> >> the boom, decided to pop out. It was interesting getting the sail back
> in
> >> the mast but we managed it without too much drama.
> >> However, now I have to figure out why the black slider separated from
> the
> >> mast.
> >> Hopefully I do not have to drop the mast to get in there?
> >> If there is a diagram of the bottom of the IMF system, that would be
> very
> >> helpful.
> >> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I presume it might be in the
> >> fabled archives but I am not sure how to access them!
> >> Cheers
> >> Graham
> >> sv ‘00Sailin'
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