[Rhodes22-list] Slims Failure!

[Steven Alm]

Thanks, Ed.  And sorry for the redundant messages--I don't know why I didn't
get them.
Slim

On 9/4/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Slim:
>
> We all got your message!  5 Times!  There was a time when there was a
> photo
> reference site that had all kinds of Rhodes 22 hardware
> pictures.  However,
> that sites owner has turned into a power boater and has terminated that
> site.
>
> I think that there are more than one style spreader end cap.  Mine is held
> in with cotter pins.  Furthermore, you have to feed the stay thru the end
> cap whole.  I do not know if the cap is generically available or one of
> Stan's ingenious middle of the knight fabrications.  I suspect that you
> can
> get a useable replacement locally.
>
> I would take the mast down.  Take the offending critter off.  Maybe even
> take pictures.  Then tote it to the local sail maker or West Marine or
> Marina's ship's store.  You will pay at least twice its retail value at
> West
> Marine.
>
> You might check this picture from bygone days.  Now for historical
> reference:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/sunset.jpg
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> Addendum:
> "In the name of those who fell,
> But did not allow the fire to die,
> Who tempered themselves with flames,
> And cannot stay in darkness...
> Obtest
> earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust... "
>
>
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