Thanks Todd,
I love the silver heels videos anyway and this looks very helpful. Cheers
Graham
Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 4, 2025, at 12:22 PM, Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Cary,
> 
> Peter must be on vacation.
> 
> Peter has a video showing how to replace the mainsail furling line on his
> YouTube channel; s/v Silverheels.
> 
> I think this is the part you are talking about, and yes, you will likely
> have to lower the mast.
> 
> While in the video he does not disassemble the unit into parts, you can get
> a good idea of how it is constructed.
> 
> I hope it's ok with Peter, and that the link will embed. If not, he has it
> labeled as episode #25.
> 
> https://youtu.be/MH7hYJnoNpM?si=JCqqVh9bhZBWvEG3
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Todd T.
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 11:36 AM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Cary,
>> G
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Sep 4, 2025, at 11:12 AM, Cary Tolbert <retiredtoby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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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