[Rhodes22-list] believer in the Rhodes
Richard F Sheehan
rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 08:03:25 -0400
Gentlemen;
You should NEVER use anything but real cotter pins for attachment of
stays and shrouds. Rings are just not acceptable.
Dick
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 07:52:14 -0500 "Richard and Sherry Day"
<dayz@lisco.com> writes:
> Slim, good idea. I have noticed my rings have expanded and do tape
> them,
> too. I really need to buy a package of new cotter rings next time
> I'm at
> the sail store. Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-admin@rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-admin@rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Steve Alm
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:47 AM
> To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] believer in the Rhodes
>
>
> Richard,
>
> I haven't ever broken a shroud but here's what happened to me: A
> few weeks
> ago I lowered my mast to do some adjusting of my bow stay at the
> mast head.
> When I got it down and looked at it, I discovered that the clevis
> pin
> holding the stay in the bracket was MISSING THE COTTER RING!!!!!
> Only a
> little friction was holding it in place. I now use sail tape on all
> of
> those connections. The point I'm making is that a shroud or stay
> could come
> apart having nothing to do with overloading the boat. Very glad to
> hear you
> avoided any injury or serious damage to the boat. Makes me wonder
> if the
> forward lower shrouds would have held my mast if my bow stay would
> have let
> go.
>
> Slim
> S/V Fandango
>
> On 9/5/02 10:26 PM, "Richard and Sherry Day" <dayz@lisco.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I can now, honestly, vouch for the sturdiness of the Rhodes
> sailboat.
> > I have only had my boat for 3 years and started out cold turkey.
> New
> > nothing about sailing, zilch, except what I could learn from
> sailing guide
> > magazines. Everything has been trial by error. But, boy has it
> been
> fun!
> > I love when it's windy and you can sail with the rail down. It's
> not
> > efficient but makes for a thrilling afternoon anyway. I have
> found to my
> > chagrin (and stupidity) that 9 people in the boat on a very windy
> day is
> too
> > much for my Rhodes but thank god it was a Rhodes underneath us.
> While
> > sailing in very windy conditions this year with this number of
> people on
> > board I come to appreciate what some people might consider
> overkill for
> the
> > number of stays on a small boat.
> > We were positioned evenly around the cotpit with two in the cabin
> with
> > the top-pop up. With that much ballast for stability we were
> still
> getting
> > the bottom people wet and rounding up when gusts hit. Then the
> outside
> > starboard stay broke loose! I immediately let loose the main,
> rounded up
> > and furled the genoa thinking all the while I was about to lose my
> mast
> and
> > rigging. I was very lucky in many respects; learned very quickly
> the
> > maximum capacity, learned not to get overly confident, and kicked
> myself
> for
> > endangering the people on board.
> > It's funny when miscues happen little things run through your
> mind. But
> > when that stay broke free Stan's remark on his tape about the
> safety
> factor
> > of having 9 stays danced through my mind. I really believe I
> would have
> > lost my mast and gotten someone hurt that day if it wasn't for
> the
> > additional stays on my Rhodes.
> > My boat is an older model. Therefore I will sail it with a bit of
> caution
> > from now on, knowing that if one shear bolt broke others might be
> suspect
> > under too heavy of a load. I just thought I would share this
> piece of
> > information and tell you all how proud I am to have a Rhodes.
> Richard
> Day.
> >
> >
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CPT Richard F. Sheehan
PO Box 117
Wellfleet. MA 02667-0117
PH: 508-349-3096
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