[Rhodes22-list] Problem shrouds = location of answer for David

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David:
     I would like to suppliment Captain Rummy's response to you with where
you find documentation supporting what he is telling you.  Stan, aka,
General Boats, makes an instruction manual for the Rhodes 22.  With Rose's
permission, a copy of which is located in the Document Library of this web
site. See:

http://www.rhodes22.org/doclib/Rhodes22-1988-Owners-Raven.pdf

      Now specifically go to pages 4 and 5, especially about the guy who
used pliers to tighten the shrouds.  So after reading the instructions
promulgated by Stan you may begin to understand why most of use just follow
his instuctions.  Please understand that while Stan's education is
electrical engineering he is a nautical engineer by advocation.  The point
Rummy made is that the mast is not made to be over tighened.  What Rummy
said is supported by the instructional manual for this boat.  
      Who ever told you to use 200 pounds of tension told you very wrong. 
That kind of number may be correct for a fifty foot keel stepped racing
sailboat, but not appropriate for a cabin (deck) stepped mast without a
compression post from base to keel.   It sounds like somebody has created a
problem in over tensioning the stays.  Hopefully the cabin is not reshaped
permenantly.
       Many Cat boats and other modern designs do not even use stays to keep
the mast upright.  Read about the latest model Hunter sail boats.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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