[Rhodes22-list] IMF Forward Lower Shroud

[Ronald Lipton]

I just was back at the boat. I found some 6' plastic stay covers and used them to measure to the bottom of top pin assembly. I then measured the distance from the end of the cover to the end of the turnbuckle threaded rod, which is what West Marine wants. I got  11'5" to the end of the top aircraft fork. It is about another two inches to the end of the pin. I got the same measurement for the forward and aft lowers. 

Ron

On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:20 PM, PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron,
> I think you need to find a way to measure.  I checked mine (89 with
> IMF)  on the trailer and forward and rear lowers are about 11' 7 -
> 3/4" to the end of the threaded part of turnbuckle.  As my turnbuckles
> are currently adjusted they add about 8 inches to that.  I'm sort of
> puzzled because they are not exactly symmetrical about the Mast.
> i'lll have to study my rake carefully.  I think mine are also 1/8"
> diameter.  You might be able to use a 1" wide stiff tape measure to
> measure fairly accurate without taking it down first. You can probably
> also get close by measuring the height up the Mast with a tape
> measure, then the distance away from the Mast, and doing some
> trigonometry.
> -PBR
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