[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Hank, Mike, Rex - Shroud or Stay Covering

[Tootle]

Folks,

     That is the best picture that I have.  I cannot take a picture now
because I have it in pieces in a storage facility awaiting a scrubbing.  The
original picture was not take to document the set up.  When I put it
together, I was following the directions of another Rhodie and it may have
been as far back as the old sail net list.  

       I can only recall the sheet raising the plastic pipe one time.  Yes
it can happen, but does not happen often enough to be noticed.  I have
Stan's thick Marlow or maybe New England Line sheets and they do not catch
the seam to raise it often enough to notice.  But it does roll.

        I do not recall that Rummy's thick sheets are significantly thicker
than my royal blue sheets.  I have seen many boats with thinner sheets. 
Maybe fatter sheets are a factor.

         Regarding the Barbe Hauler discussion, as Slim has said, some boats
have a inner rail, maybe that is what the inner track is for?

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA


Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> 
> I'd love to see your set up, but my magnifying glass isn't stong enough.
> Any chance you have a higher resolution picture?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 11/30/06, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>      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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