[Rhodes22-list] Question for Robert S, reply to John B, reply to Lee

[David Bradley]

One thought.  The sheaves for the topping lift might not do well with that
kind of lateral pressure.  Maybe a loop around the mast with a stouter line,
raised to position by the topping lift?, with a separate downhaul to the
mast cleat.

Dave


On 8/12/07, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is little chance of the mast bending as the stress is held by the
> shrouds.
>
> Hank
>
> On 8/11/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Bob S,
> > 1.      Do your calculations assume the weight aloft is on centerline of
> > the
> > mast?  Whose weight would be on centerline using a boson's chair?
> > 2.      I noticed Rob Lowe's reply to one of my posts, so what have you
> > been
> > sending him?
> > 3.      Getting close to departure date?  How is wife healing?  (That is
> > healing
> > physically and not on sail boats.)
> >
> > Lee,
> >         I believe the cost of a new mast is many thousand if you bend
> it,
> > since it cannot be straightened with integrity intact.  Raising and
> > lowering
> > the mast on a R22, if even to fix the light is quite safe, simple and
> > quick
> > using Stan' crane.  I have done it at the dock without incident.
> > Positioning the boat so that mast is over the dock where the work needs
> to
> > be done.  Remember the R22 IMF mast is a specially drawn mast using a
> > proprietary die.  It is not available from anybody but Commodore Spitzer
> > and
> > the current cost of aluminum is out of sight.
> >
> > John B,
> >         Interest rates theoretically are determined by the market and
> not
> > an
> > idealized number.  That is what a willing buyer is willing to pay
> without
> > collusion, compulsion or coercion.  Your friend is a socialist or a
> fellow
> > traveler.
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
> > Addendum:  "The turmoil in the credit markets now emanating from the
> > collapse of the housing bubble can be understood in the light of the
> > theory
> > of the business cycle.  Credit expansion distorts the pattern of
> spending
> > and capital investment in the economic system. This in turn leads to the
> > large scale loss of capital and thereby sets the stage for a subsequent
> > credit contraction, which is precisely what is beginning to happen now."
> > George Reisman
> >
> >
> > --
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