[Rhodes22-list] Shroud or Stay Covering

[Tootle]

     Rigging tape or heat shrink keep bare metal from rubbing or chafing the
sails or sheets.  However, plastic pipe used for sink plumbing cut to
lengths to cover the chain plates and turnbuckles can turn (rotate on a
horizontal axis).  That allows for free movement of sheets and sails.  Since
the sails are rolling and not rubbing it makes for even less chafing.  Get
out your magnifying glass and see the attached picture from the archives:

http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200509/30/shroudcovers.gif

     Note that the bottom piece is flush with the deck and rotates free and
independent of the next two pieces above.  Each of the three layers rotates
and rotates independently.  The total weight for all the pieces for four
stays is maybe a quarter of a pound.  Small amount of weight for saving your
sails.  Available from Lowes, Home Depot or your local Ace Hardware.  Note
that the top thin piece is not pvc but teflon tube(or other slick plastic)
that just fits over the screw part of the turnbuckle when saparated from the
turning part of the turnbuckle.  It is a four foot piece and in addition to
turning freely is slick.


Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Also: 
http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200605/22/shroudcover2.gif  



 

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