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

[cowie]

Thanks Rick, thats why I always check with the list first.

Rick-139 wrote:
> 
> The easiest way to bust your mast step is to tighten leeward stays. 
> Always
> tighten stays when the boat is level and no sails are deployed.
> 
> Use cotter pins to lock the turnbuckles.  I use velco wrapped pins which
> make trailering easier.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> This discussion has been helpful for me as a new r22 2009 owner.  I hand
>> tightened my stays and avoided using any tools in order not to over
>> tighten.
>> When healed over my leeward stays do have some slack.  would it make
>> sense
>> to hand tighten the slack stays while healed over?  Or would it be wiser
>> to
>> take a few extra turns with a tool when the boat is level until the slack
>> when healed is eliminated?  I also notice that my stays sometimes go
>> slack
>> over time and suppose I need to secure the turn buckle after hand
>> tightening.  What is the proper way to secure the stay?  Tape, wire, pins
>> or
>> some other devise?
>>
>>
>> Rick-139 wrote:
>> >
>> > ML is right about stay tension not affecting sailing performance with
>> IMF.
>> > Except the forestay which should be tightened using the aftstay
>> tensioner
>> > when headed up wind.
>> >
>> > Too tight or too loose does stress the mast step.  Hand tightening
>> takes
>> > care of that just fine.  Using a Loos guage is cutting butter with a
>> chain
>> > saw.
>> >
>> > Rick
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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
>> >>
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