[Rhodes22-list] 14. Restoring a Rhodes 22 (Luis Guzman)

[Steve]

It's not.  When I redid my mast lighting & ran new
wires and all; I measured everything.
Steve

--- Mary Lou Troy <mltroy at verizon.net> wrote:

> Steve,
> Looking at the picture of Vista Jay's interior, it
> looks to me like your compression post is slightly
> to port of center (why am I not surprised). It
> appears to be in the same place as the compression
> post on Fretless which is slightly off center (to
> port) but still under the right side of the mast.
> Maybe this is what others are talking about when
> they say their compression post is off-center?
> 
> Mary Lou
> 
> > 
> > From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > Date: 2004/12/09 Thu AM 08:56:35 EST
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] 14. Restoring a
> Rhodes 22 (Luis Guzman)
> > 
> > My mast compression post is also directly under
> the
> > mast.  It is made of a teak 2x4 with a grove in it
> so
> > that the bulkhead wall that you see in Vista Jay
> pic
> > slide into it which provide reinforcement & keep
> it in
> > place. Behind that wall is where the head is.  
> > 
> > You will also want to make a bulkhead that goes
> all
> > the way acrost the area in front of the V berst. 
> That
> > will be your main bulkhead.  YOu will want to
> > fibreglass that solid to the hull.   
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Luis,
> > > 
> > > The enclosed picture links will show you some
> > > pictures of the mast
> > > compression post on different Rhodes 22's. 
> Dynamic
> > > Equilibrium's mast
> > > compression post is directly under the mast
> step.
> > > 
> > > http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/Galley-3.jpg
> > > 
> > > http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/rummy3.jpg
> > > 
> > >
> http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/VistaJay4.jpg
> > > 
> > > http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/Berth1.jpg
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, I don't have a drawing of the
> mast
> > > compression post.
> > > 
> > > Luis, your boat is the 2nd older Rhodes 22 to
> come
> > > onto the list for
> > > restoration without a mast compression post in
> just
> > > the last couple of
> > > weeks.  I wonder what's up with that?  The cabin
> > > roof structure is
> > > definitely not strong enough to support the mast
> > > load without the mast
> > > compression post to transfer the load down to
> the
> > > keel.  FYI, do not try to
> > > step the mast until you install some sort of
> mast
> > > compression post or you
> > > may do some serious damage to the cabin roof.
> > > 
> > > Roger Pihlaja
> > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Luis Guzman" <trpclman at yahoo.com>
> > > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:52 PM
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] 14. Restoring a Rhodes
> 22
> > > (Luis Guzman)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody have detail pictures of a
> compression
> > > post?
> > > >
> > > > Does any body have dimensions for it.
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to know if I could make my own
> > > compression post.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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