[Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question

[Michael D. Weisner]

Hank,

If that happens, you need to get some "Goof-Off 2" cleaner (safe for 
fiberglass & most resins.)

http://www.valsparglobal.com/val/resident/images/pdf/GoofOffCatalog.pdf

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:29 PM
> Fred,
>
> Be careful leaving the blue tape on for too long.  I was doing some
> varnishing on my old boat and left the blue tape on for about a month and 
> it
> left a nasty residue that was very difficult to get off.
>
> Hank
>
>
> On 3/7/08, Fred Kaiser <fkaiser at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>>
>> I am re-bedding all port and starboard ports. A couple were leaking
>> last season and we decided to re-bed all.  They have been removed,
>> cleaned up from residual sealant, the spider cracks around the screw
>> holes sealed with epoxy and I'm waiting for warmer weather to re-bed
>> using Life Seal Sealant.
>>
>> Fred
>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>>
>>
>> At 01:24 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
>> >Mary Lou,
>> >
>> >Why the blue tape around the windows?  Are you re-bedding the the
>> windows?
>> >
>> >Hank
>> >
>> >
>> >On 3/7/08, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Just got to the boat and back before the rain.
>> > >
>> > > Here is the portside turning block. Topping lift comes from the
>> > > masthead and through this block to the cam cleat on the cabin top.
>> > > One screw on the padeye also holds the plate for the tang for the aft
>> > > lower. The other is just into the fiberglass.
>> > >
>> > > Mary Lou
>> > > 1991 R22 Fretless
>> > > Rock Hall, MD
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > At 12:22 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
>> > > >Hank (and John),
>> > > >Our masthead has double sheaves on the front of the mast and double
>> > > >sheaves aft. Our topping lift runs from the boom end to the aft
>> > > >masthead sheave, over the front sheave and down to a block on the
>> > > >port side near the base of the aft lower stay (I'm going to have to
>> > > >go look at the boat to see exactly where this is) and from that 
>> > > >block
>> > > >to a cam cleat on the port side cabin top. It works well. You can 
>> > > >see
>> > > >the cam cleat on the cabin top in the attached pic.
>> > > >
>> > > >Mary Lou
>> > > >1991 R22  Fretless
>> > > >Rock Hall, MD
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >At 11:42 AM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
>> > > > >While we are on the topic of topping lifts, how do most of your 
>> > > > >run
>> the
>> > > free
>> > > > >end of the topping lift?  With the way the sheave is situated, it
>> comes
>> > > out
>> > > > >inside the mast and I am afraid of it getting wraped up in the
>> main.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Actually this happened once and we had to drop the mast to fix
>> > > it.  Since
>> > > > >then, I have run some rigging tape around the mast below the 
>> > > > >sheave
>> and
>> > > the
>> > > > >topping lift now goes outside of that so that it stays away from
>> the
>> > > > >furler.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Hank
>> > > > >
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