[Rhodes22-list] Rigging discussion, extra forestay(s)

Hank hnw555 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 14:19:15 EDT 2009


John,

How are you going to tack the genoa through only 6 inches of space between
the two forestays?

Hank

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:14 PM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:

> Art's addition of a furling spinnaker attached to the reinforced bow
> pulpit reminded me of a sail plan change I have been contemplating.
> So I thought I would run it by the list for comments.
>
> I saw an article recently about a guy (on a much larger boat) who had
> added an inner forestay about six inches behind the main forestay.
> This ran to a mast "hound" (it was called) on the mast six inches
> below the masthead where the main forestay attached.  The result was a
> hank-on jib stay running six inches inside the main forestay.  He used
> this for a smaller, working jib and furled a big genoa on the main
> forestay.
>
> So I was thinking.... could this be applied to the much smaller Rhodes
> as well?  Attachment to the mast is easy.  Attaching a strong point to
> the deck just behind the furling drum is the tricky part.  I might be
> tempted to add this to fly a 110% jib for upwind sailing and replace
> the big genoa on the main forestay with a furling UPS for offwind.
>
> But I don't know how to calculate the load on the inner forestay and
> engineer/install a deck attachment that would be strong enough.
>
> Cheers!
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2009, at 13:20, Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
> > This rig addition is in place for a furling spinnaker but applies
> > also as a 'backup stay' for the forestay and furling genoa.  A 1/8'
> > SS wire is fixed to the masthead in front of the forestay and
> > brought to, and fixed to the front tip of the bow pulpit.  This bow
> > pulpit fixture (can be as simple as a SS sliding jaw, $4.99 at
> > Marineparts.com) has a 5/32" SS wire which is then fixed to the bow
> > eye assembly below.  Call this a cheap sprit-like option, if you
> > will, but provides a backup option.
>
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