[Rhodes22-list] Boom Car

[Bill Effros]

Lee,

Why didn't I think of that?

BE.


KUHN, LELAND wrote:
> Bill,
>  
> I've always tied-down the mainsail clew to the boom.  No matter how tight I would tie it, the flapping clew would loosen it a bit.
>  
> I went sailing with Tom Hogarty today on his "new" Rhodes and the conditions and company couldn't have been better.  Wind was steady at about 8 knots all day.  Appropriately, his marina is on the Rhode River just south of Annapolis.  As we were tying some hurricane springlines all over his boat, he suggested that I simply tie another line around the mast and my boom tie.  It was another "now why didn't I think of that" moment.  Should keep the tie from slipping down the boom.
>  
> Lee
>
> ________________________________
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> From: Bill Effros [mailto:bill at effros.com]
> Sent: Fri 9/5/2008 11:31 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Car
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>
> 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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