[Rhodes22-list] Mystery Part

[Jim Connolly]

If it came from high above your head,  maybe the slightly bent stainless tang that holds the topping lift to the aft end of the  boom, or the other tang that the mainsheet shackle attaches to.

My uneducated guess.

Jim Connolly
s/v Inisheer
'85 recycled '03

"Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

>Hi Joe,
>
>The mystery part was most likely the car that rode in the lower portion of 
>the mast track that connected to the front of the pop-top.
>
>Mike
>s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>Nissequogue River, NY
>
>From: "Joe Camp"  Monday, September 19, 2011 5:35 PM
>Hi all:
>
>Here's the scoop: While stepping down my mast in late July, I lost an 
>unknown part. I had gotten the lines off the boom and raised it up against 
>the mast. made it fast with a bungee. Suddenly, something metal came 
>clanging down (I believe from high up on the stern end of the mast) hit the 
>deck with a "boing" like a tuning fork and then took the deep-six. I have 
>not had time to closely inspect the boat since then and cannot (given my 
>limited experience with the R-22) figure out what part this might have been.
>
>I would appreciate any informed speculation from the saltier among you what 
>the hell I lost, so I can replace it and sail in the spring. I have spent 
>sleepless hours envisioning the rigging on the boom and looking at pictures. 
>Save me!
>
>Joe Camp
>s/v John Dawson
>Hatboro, PA
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