[Rhodes22-list] Re: Mast Tabernacle Repair

[Luis Guzman]

Mary Lou,
 
I was actually unstepping the mast forward like I've done it before, but this time a couple of people got distracted and lost the hold on the mast.
 
Like I told Rummy, I was poking the holes left by the screws and the wood seemed to be soft. That is why I think there is a little bit of wood rot. I do not think that it is extensive, but I want to take care of it.
 
The boat was at the slip and the tide was high when the mast fell.  The mast went to starboard just enough to miss the bow pulpit. It hit the deck of the boat and then it went on to hit the dock. The pin holding  the fiurler at the top of the mast became loose and freed the furler. Otherwise the furler would have been bent. I surveyed everything, and the mast seems straight to me. The spreaders never hit anything and are OK. The cap on  the top of the mast (somebody help me here with the technical stuff) that has the pulleys for the halyards never hit anything either and is OK.
 
I just have to replace the anchor light, deck light, wind vane, and repair the screw hole for the tabernacle. I think I'll be back in the water by the weekend.
 
I will remember about keeping the sliding hatch closed.

Luis

----- Original Message ----
From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:38:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Mast Tabernacle Repair


Luiz,
Ed gave you good advice if you have rot in the cabin top BUT the 
screws should not really be holding well. The stays and the shrouds 
hold the mast up not the screws. The tabernacle is held in place with 
short wood screws so that if someone screws up "dropping the mast" 
you only pull out the screws not a section of cabintop. If you have 
rot, you'll want to fix it because it will compress under the tension 
of the stays but don't try to get the screws to hold better.

BTW, I'll bet the most common reason for pulling the tablenacle out 
by the screws is failure to close the sliding hatch on the poptop 
before lowering the mast. If you don't move the sliding hatch aft, it 
acts as fulcrum and the mast becomes a lever that pries up the 
tabernacle quite nicely. Don't ask me how I know this in spite of 
directions that clearly state, "close the sliding hatch".

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 07:00 PM 2/27/2007, you wrote:
>Guys, Today I had an accident while stepping down the mast. I had 3 
>people help me, but a couple of them were not paying attention and 
>let the mast drop. (Everybody was sober and I think that was my 
>mistake). The only damage was to the lights, wind vane, and the base 
>that was holding the tabernacle. All screws just came out and 
>nothing got bent. It seems to me the there is a little bit of rot in 
>the wood under the tabernacle and the screws were not really 
>holding. Any suggestions as to how to repair. Luis 
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