[Rhodes22-list] UPS Delivery-FYI

[Mark Kaynor]

Mary Lou,

I thought about doing ours the same way, but was afraid the halyard would
chafe on the light or the halyard might be too close to the headsail furler.
I think our lights are the same - a rectangular aluminum block shaped to the
mast on one side and flat on the other for the nicely rounded light to mount
on. I didn't reinstall the steaming light yet, so if yours works well like
that, I may consider moving the light back to it's original position since
it would cover the holes I made for the restrainer. I've only got two
conductors going up the mast right now and decided to use them for our new
LED anchor light, instead. I figured we needed an anchor light last year
more than we needed a steaming light, and we could use a flashlight if we
got caught out.

Our halyard restrainer looks like it's cast and machined. It's got one hole
on each side, offset by the width of the casting. I don't have a picture of
it,  it didn't come with any packaging, and I've already forgotten the mfg.
It came w/ a drill bit and two fairly fine threaded self-tapping machine
screws that went right in and tightened securely. It's not like any I saw
online at West Marine, SailNet, or Defender. Next time we have the mast down
I'll get a picture and make a note of the name. Paul said it was just
sitting on his desk for a while and, since he didn't have the others in
stock and I wanted to get it installed before we took Raven to the lake, he
sent it along.

I expect that the only reason we got our UPS first was because we ordered it
first and also ordered a new 135% genoa at the same time.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy at netreach.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Delivery-FYI


> Mark,
> We are planning on splitting the distance between the bottom of the
> masthead fitting and the top of the steaming light for placement of the
> halyard restrainer. That would be about 4" above the light and 4" below
the
> base of the masthead fitting. Hoping that will be far enough away from the
> roller furler to be effective. I had a picture of the set-up at Atlantic
> City. Paul took a look at it then and thought there would be room. We'll
> see. You must have gotten the super deluxe model of restrainer. Ours is
> simply a small eyestrap. We may have different steaming lights too. Ours
> has a squared base (against the mast) but all the ot pher edges are
rounded.
> We launch next week so the restrainer gets mounted in the next few days.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
> At 03:48 PM 4/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Mary Lou,
> >
> >Same here. And there are some square edges on it so you can't really
place
> >the restrainer above or below w/o chafing. So I just moved it and covered
> >old the hole w/ the halyard restrainer. The UPS fits nicely and there's
no
> >danger of halyard wrap. I wouldn't advise going much more than 12-14"
below
> >the masthead or you may not be able to tension the luff of the UPS
> >sufficiently.
> >
> >The restrainer Paul sent to me was one he had sitting on his desk - I
think
> >it's a bit different than the Harken one, but I don't think that matters
> >much. It came with a little plastic strip cut to fit to place between the
> >stainless halyard restrainer and the aluminum mast - it covered the old
> >steaming light hole nicely.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy at netreach.net>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:27 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Delivery-FYI
> >
> >
> > > Thanks for checking, Jay. I just sorta figured they'd be coming soon
> >seeing
> > > as how Mark got his.
> > >
> > > We've installed the padeye. Halyard restrainer is next. Trying to
figure
> > > out the positioning for that. We have the steaming light about 10 in.
> >below
> > > the masthead.
> > >
> > > ML
> > >
> > >
> > > At 12:47 PM 4/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >Folks,
> > > >If you haven't yet checked on delivery, I spoke to Paul at Doyle
today.
> > > >All, obviously except for Mark who has some kind of leverage, are
> >awaiting
> > > >the luff line. This should be done by next week, when he anticipates
them
> > > >all shipping.
> > > >
> > > >Aaah, the rites of Spring!
> > > >jay
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
>