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

[Mary Lou Troy]

At 08:09 PM 6/2/2009, Rummy wrote:
>owners who tightened their
>stays to the  point that they did significant damage to their hulls. I'm
>simply saying that  there is no known statistic for the R22 using the Loos
>gauge. Certainly nothing  from General Boats. Common sense wins out on this
>topic. Taking nothing away  from Mary Lou.

Right. There's a reason I haven't voiced an opinion on this issue.

We've had our stays too tight. We've had our stays too loose. We've 
even used a Loos Gauge.

None of it seems to make too much difference in how the boat sails. I 
suspect too tight contributed to the depression of the compression 
post. Too loose once left us with a dangling shroud when it managed 
to gradually unscrew itself - we started using cotter rings on the 
turnbuckles and now use a bit of monel wire through the hole in the 
turnbuckle screw and wrapped around the turnbuckle - easier to fasten 
and unfasten than cotter rings. That might have been Rummy's idea. If 
you use it make sure the ends of the wire are on the inside of the 
turnbuckle. I snagged the seat of my pants while adjusting a fender. Oops.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD