[Rhodes22-list] Re design of Rhodes Interior and elimination of compression post.

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

John,

Thats the nice thing about having an old boat,we're not afraid to modify
our boats to more suit the way we'll use them. Thanks for posting, I
always like seeing what other people's handy work,I might like to copy.
Do you have the pop top enclosure?
Nice job on the arch and walls.

Jerry Lowe





> Hi everybody,
>
>  Over the last season I decided to change the interior of my 71 rhodes to
> reflect the way my wife and I use the boat. We are not small people and
> found the original Layout to be hard to move around in when cabin bound by
> weather. As we get on the boat friday nights and don't return to the dock
> until sunday afternoons we found the six foot nose birth a bit cramped.
> Also
> as the early rhodes did not have a fixed head we had a hallway with little
> purpose and a wall extending halfway across the the boat to little purpose
> except to act as a compression post for the mast. During the past few
> weekends I added a 2 ft. extension to the bow bed replaced the cabin
> floor,
> installed new carpeting and removed the original wall replacing it with 2
> half walls and a compression arch over the cabin ceiling to accept the
> mast
> load. The arch you see in the following pictures is 1/2 in spring steel
> custom bent in a 100 ton press (I do live in Pgh. after all) I stood on
> the
> arch before I installed it and my 280 lbs. did not even make it flex. I
> feel
> pretty confidant it will work but will keep all informed in the event of
> failure. Enclosed are before and after shots.
>
> John Shulick
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p23012525/johns%2B2007%2Bhome%2Bpics-058.jpg
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