[Rhodes22-list] Boom Car

[MichaelT]

Hi Bill,

If the mainsail furling line is cleated the main sail has nowhere to go.
Not sure why this is necessary. 

Michael


Bill Effros wrote:
> 
> Lee,
> 
> It is necessary to Velcro the car in place when not in use, or to wrap 
> the main sail around the mast and strap or tie it on.  You can get away 
> without the Velcro for a lot of days in a row, until one day...
> 
> I flogged a main sail to death one time.  It got loose.  Don't know 
> how.  Even with the Velcro wrapped around the boom there is sometimes 
> slippage.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> 
> Leland wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> Go to:  http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/tech.html
>>
>> Scroll down about six screens to "Outhaul on Raven (Gary Sanford)." 
>> Click
>> on the picture to enlarge.
>>
>> If a stainless steel boom car is that thing with the white wheel that
>> slides
>> on the top of the boom, then the outhaul lines simply run under the
>> wheel.  
>>
>> Bill said, "I slide my boom car to where I want it using my hand and then
>> let the 
>> friction hold it in place.  This has worked best for me.  I Velcro the
>> car
>> close to the mast with sail furled.  This stays in place when I'm not
>> there
>> for weeks at a time.  I wrap and strap the sail 
>> around the mast for big storms."
>>
>> Good advice.  If I don't slide the car back to the rear of the boom
>> before
>> unfurling the main, the car can get stuck and prevent the sail from
>> unfurling.  It probably isn't necessary to Velcro/tie the car close to
>> the
>> mast, but it takes away a lot of my worries.  If your mainsail furling
>> line
>> ever comes loose off of the cleat, the wind could blow the sail right out
>> of
>> the mast.
>>
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>> Kent Island, MD
>>
>>
>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>   
>>> Good question Michael!
>>>
>>> I've been asking it for 10 years, and still can't get a consistent
>>> answer.
>>>
>>> What does your boom car look like?  Photo would be good.
>>>
>>> I slide my boom car to where I want it using my hand and then let the 
>>> friction hold it in place.  This has worked best for me.
>>>
>>> I Velcro the car close to the mast with sail furled.  This stays in 
>>> place when I'm not there for weeks at a time.  I wrap and strap the sail 
>>> around the mast for big storms.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MichaelT wrote:
>>>     
>>>> When I acquired my Rhodes last September, the boat did not come w/ a
>>>> boom
>>>> car. Essentially the outhaul was looped to the clew of the mainsail to
>>>> a
>>>> block at the end of the boom. Jay Friedland pointed this missing part
>>>> when
>>>> we met this summer. 
>>>>
>>>> I finally received my stainless steel boom car from Stan. Question is
>>>> how
>>>> to
>>>> run the outhaul lines?
>>>> Initially  I went from the boom block to the boom car to the clew and
>>>> finally back to the boom block. It didn't seem right as the car kept on
>>>> slipping. So this time, I went from the boom block, to the boom car to
>>>> the
>>>> clew and BACK to the boom car then to the boom block. It seems to be
>>>> more
>>>> solid (no slipping) I just did this last night while docked. Then again
>>>> the
>>>> true test will be out sailing. Is this the right way? If not, what is?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Michael
>>>>   
>>>>       
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