[Rhodes22-list] Frigging Rigging

[Wally Buck]

Bob,

Roger must be part monkey! It is time like that when you need a spare 
halyard or a spinnaker topping lift! In a pinch you would have been able to 
tie off with out any one climbing the mast. Could you have used the  boom 
topping lift?

I have had that happen with an FJ that had only 2 side stays. When the 
forestay went the rig wound up in my lap. Luckily it wasa 14 foot sailboat 
with a much lighter mast.

Wally


>From: "Bob Keller" <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Frigging Rigging
>Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:32:48 -0400
>
>While sailing today on a rather calm day on Lake Hartwell, my latest 
>calamity was that my forestay broke.  Yep, it broke off right at the bottom 
>of the furler drum.  Could have been worse because Roger R shinnied up the 
>mast (amazing thing to see) and tied a line just above the spreaders which 
>we secured to the bow cleat to keep the mast from going too far.  
>Meanwhile, Rummy was mixing drinks below, oblivious to the goings-on up 
>above.  We motored back from Big Water and dropped the mast.
>
>Looks like the forestay was bent too many times, possibly from trailering, 
>and it finally gave way.
>
>It was recommended to me to upsize the forestay to 5/16" (by the same 
>people who told me to pull my diamondboard  down all the way unti lit is 
>perpendicular to the boat!).  Does anyone have experience or knowledge of 
>using a slightly larger stay?  Any problems to be aware of?  Sounds like a 
>good idea to me, but I wanted to check the list to see if anyone has done 
>this before?  Thanks.
>Bob K
>s/v Yankee Clipper
>
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