[Rhodes22-list] Re design of Rhodes Interior and elimination of compression post. (final update and an anecdote on rigging tension))

[Rick]

Ben,

You did better than me.  I just managed to tie the furler drum to the bow
pulpit with the furling line and motored home for about 3 miles in 3 foot
waves.

Rick

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Ben Schultz <
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:

> It's good that it didn't come out, but one of the features of your Rhodes
> is
> that if you lose one of your shrouds, the other two should keep your mast
> upright.  I've had that happen in the past -- not under heavy conditions --
> and it wasn't scary at all.
>
> The worst problem I had was maybe a month after the boat was delivered.
>  The
> forward stay/genoa came disconnected under sail on a windy day with rolling
> waves.  I was able to furl the sail, go forward with a spare pin, lie on my
> belly, and after several tries, use the momentum of the wave action to drop
> it into place.  I'm sure it took several tries to grab it and get the pin
> through, but I succeeded and then continued to sail.
>
> The lesson there is that even though they aren't super far in front of the
> mast, the most forward shrouds will keep the mast from falling into the
> cockpit.  What a disaster that would be!
>
> Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of R Orkin
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 19:51
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re design of Rhodes Interior and elimination
> of
> compression post. (final update and an anecdote on rigging tension))
>
>
> Having similar experience, I always use rigging tape over the cotter rings
>
>
> John Shulick wrote:
> >
> > OH WHY CAN'T I GET THIS RIGHT ARRGH!!!!!
> >
> > Any how,
> >
> >  I've now been sailing over the past month with the rigging set at the
> > same tensions we discussed earlier. Namely 240 lbs on the side stays and
> > 120 on the baby stays. I have sailed the boat in various conditions
> > culminating in a 3 hr beat up wind in 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25. 1 to
> > 2 ft chop with the boom down and the Standard main reefed. Genoa out to 1
> > foot shy of the baby stays using both sheet leads on the genoa to
> position
> > the clew inside the deck. 45 degrees off the wind, boat speed was 2-3
> kts.
> > Listening to the IMF mainsail discussion I can report the standard main
> > boats dont seem to have any problems tacking into the wind on a reefed
> > main but the boat needs to have a bit of speed (1 kt or so ) and you must
> > be decisive in putting the helm over. I also keep a canoe paddle handy
> and
> > found a couple of vigorous strokes can make the difference bringing the
> > nose around. The cabin seems fine with the interior mods and I can report
> > to Rummy the separation he observed before has not changed at all. Next
> > years repairs will remedy that. One quick story on rig tension however.
> On
> > one of my sails I had perfect winds for me 5 to 8 mph and steady with no
> > gusts or direction changes (Kinzua routinely has 90 to 100 Degree wind
> > shifts as it swirls around the mountains). So I had the main up and the
> > genoa all out (A first for me) and was buzzing along 4.5 to 5.5 kts and
> 10
> > to 15 degrees of heel. Hand a great time finished up and docked the boat.
> > When getting ready to leave I spot something shiny on the port side
> > walkway. Looking I find the circular retaining ring has come out of the
> > pin used to attach the port side stay to the chainplate. If that pin had
> > fallen out I would have lost the port side stay in the middle of the sail
> > possibly leading to disaster. Only the pre loaded tension on that wire
> > kept the pin in place.
> >
> > John Shulick
> >
> >
> > John Shulick wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> -----
> Rory Orkin
> Tilghman, Md
> 2000 Recycled  Rhodes 22
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