[Rhodes22-list] Replacing Mast Boom Car

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

   Tom,

   Wow!  You all looked a little quezy when you stepped off the boat in
   Annapolis - I didn't know whether it was my hot dogs or Stan's sailing
   trip.  I suggested a 'hospitality suite' for visitors to the demo
   area, but he declined - maybe because he was worried about my cooking
   skills.  Maybe he will reconsider and do dogs on his demo boat next
   year!  Let's have another when I come back to the Bay area.

   Moving to DC - this has to be a challenge with housing so expensive.
   I am seriously contemplating the St Pete area and have the boat
   there.  If you travel south I can say with certainty that the water
   level has not dropped as much as Hartwell, which is now ~ 11' below
   normal.  I was there last weekend and our "Toothpick Alley" looks more
   like a forest.  If  you all come south, well have Florida dogs on the
   boat.

   I'm really glad we connected with the R22, never to regret.

   Chow,

   Art


     -----Original Message-----
     From: Tom Hogarty
     Sent: Jul 16, 2008 10:59 AM
     To: "Arthur H. Czerwonky"
     Subject: Re: Replacing Mast Boom Car

   Art,
   So you're the guy who closed the deal.  At the Annapolis show we just
   finished a sunset harbor sail with Stan, and went right to your boom
   room where you had hot dogs waiting for Alice and me.  Who could
   resist buying a Rhodes?  Great boom room and tasty dog!  Our boat is
   still on the trailer.  I will not get a boom  room until I learn to
   sail.  Until then, and soon, right after I launch, I want to mess
   around with some of my old backpacking tents and tarps to see if they
   fit in the cockpit and will suspend from the boom and stays.  I just
   moved to Washington, DC last week after 30 years in Wyoming so I have
   lots of old gear.  Some have great mosquito netting.  I have also cut
   up some oak 1X15s to make a cockpit platform.
   I will probably talk to Stan before I place a temporary pin.  I don't
   know how much pressure the mast places on the pin.  The car hole is
   much smaller then the mast hole and I don't want a smaller pin under
   pressure to deform the mast hole.  I also want it with a head that I
   can grab easily to lower the mast, as I will go by the book until I
   get more experience, even if it leaves less headroom in the cockpit.
   Thanks for the hot dog that convinced my wife that we needed a Rhodes.
   Tom


   On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Arthur H. Czerwonky
   <[1]czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:

     Tom,
     You do need to have the mast lowered, sail partially slipped from
     the mast, to replace the 'car', which is only what some call the
     fixture.  It is not terribly difficult, just awkward.  You may want
     to have the mast on a flat surface for ease in handling.  Any of us
     can lead you thru the process.  If you want to call on me I can be
     reached at 404 295-7777, best to do the mast on a weekend, just
     alert me a day ahead.  I would take a look for a snug fitting screw
     size in case Stan is delayed and/or the cost is too high.  I asked
     for his help in buying two spreader connectors for my mast last
     summer and have never had response, sometimes the process is
     ponderous.
     I envy your Chesapeake sailing - the very best.  I traveled to last
     year's boat show at Annapolis to display the R22 boomroom, which I
     make, and had some excellent sailing, also a skippers lunch.  I
     grew up in the area - what an oasis!  You have a good community of
     Rhoadies on the Bay.
     I want to find your web site for the dead pigeon "flag".  Your
     sense of humor will help you on this list - sometimes a strange
     collection we have...
     Art
     -----Original Message-----
     >From: Tom Hogarty <[2]tjhogarty at gmail.com>
     >Sent: Jul 16, 2008 9:59 AM
     >To: [3]rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
     >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] re placing Mast Boom Car
     >
     >
     >Ed, Art, Rummy
     >Thanks, now I am again making some progress.  Interesting process.
      Hard to
     >search for unknown terms.  Had no idea this black slider  that
     keeps the
     >boom up was called a "car."  Searched "car" on  this site and
     found an
     >article about a naked man flagging down an auto with a dead
     pigeon, but very
     >little on the mast gizmo.  You gentlemen have stepped in and
     really helped.
     >I will order the part from Stan this afternoon.  My mast is up,
     but I have
     >not yet added the traveler in the backstays, nor have I tuned the
     stays.
     >Does anyone know if I have to lower the mast to replace the mast
     boom car?
     >I did not want to proceed with the rigging only to lower the mast
     again.
     >Ed, I am sorry if my mislabeling the subject line inflamed,
     aroused,
     >titillated, or otherwise diverted any progressive from their
     immediate task
     >of saving our collective national ass.
     >Tom
     >
     >reposted under new title
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