Question Re: [Rhodes22-list] u p s sail revisited

[Gardner, Douglas L. (LNG-DAY)]

Mary Lou, 

   I'm sure Tom will chime in when he gets the chance, but I think I know
the answer to this one...

Our boats are masthead rigs, and the halyard sheeves are in line with the
forestay.  Especially if you have a CDI flexible furler, which has a wide
fitting at the top of the foil for the genoa halyard, you will likely have a
problem with the UPS halyard wrapping around the genoa furler if you don't
hold it out of the way. The halyard restrainer guides the UPS halyard down
the mast a few inches (don't know how many) so that it won't catch on the
genoa furler and get wrapped up inside it.  I would think that the halyard
restrainer is absolutely necessary.  If you don't get one the first season,
I bet you'll install one over the first winter!

--Doug

ps: sorry I still haven't had a chance to post Tom's pictures.  Sounds like
the ones he is sending to Mark will be a lot more informative, anyway!  
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Lou Troy [mailto:mltroy@netreach.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:06 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Question Re: [Rhodes22-list] u p s sail revisited


Just catching up on lots of email I've been away and Fred and I are leaving 
again for a few days but thought I'd ask this question now.

Tom, what's the purpose of the halyard restrainer? When I mentioned it to 
Paul Beaudin from Doyle he looked puzzled and said he didn't think it would 
be needed and in fact might be detrimental to the operation of the sail. 
What are we talking about - is it necessary?

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD




At 03:56 PM 11/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>hi jay
>mark kaynor emailed that he would post the pictures...if they are not to
your
>satisfaction let me know and ill send you a set...as for boat
>modifications..stan made those and there are three...first a pad eye aft of
>the genny and a snap shackle to connect it to the harken furler, second a
>halyard restrainer on the mast and third a block on the deck to lead the
>halyard aft...note that this last modification will probably differ
depending
>on the current set up of the mast...my boat is a 2002 and this is all that
>was needed...the furling gear comes with the sail or can be purchased
>directly from harken on line...its item no. 3029...i paid 238.35 at
>harkenstore.com....as for quantity discount...all i can say is two
>things..first when i told stan i wanted the sail i was told to get it on my
>own..i dont know if stan didnt want to do it or doyle offshore didnt want
to
>do it but i went to doyle long island in huntington and they did and
>excellent job.....second i had doyle offshore make my 150..(i dont use a
>175)..and am not pleased with the workmanship and may have it recut during
>the offseason if i cant get it right in these last weeks of the season here
>in maryland....thats with them charging me 250 over the cost of the
standard
>175...(its a biradial with nonstandard fabric)....perhaps with stan sitting
>on them with this special order they will improve the quality but  i would
>want some workmanship guarantee and quick turnaround on on returns because
i
>have a feeling there might be some...all doyle lofts are independently
owned
>and are not the same...even though the information they have is the
>same...the specifications for this sail were developed between doyle long
>island and me and they will differ for each boat depending on where you
wish
>to set your sheet blocks.....i was sent a sheet of measurements that were
>needed which im sure would be available to all lofts or i can send them to
>you but again these may change depending on the location of your blocks
>if you need anything else let me know
>tom
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