[Rhodes22-list] Spreading it thin(ly)

[Rick]

Ron,

They're just nylon washers you can find in your local hardware store.

Rick

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Ron Lipton <ronald.lipton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to replace mine as well. Did you get the shims from Stan?
>
> Ron
>
> On Oct 23, 2012, at 17:01, Andrew Collins <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The spreaders come with an asymmetrical white plastic shim out of the
> factory. There is some movement but less than a wobble. My shims were
> replaced last year as one had broken in half and the other was cracked. To
> replace these the IMF has to come out so one can unscrew the spreader base
> from inside the mast. Mine is an 86 with IMF.
> > I did sail for one season with a home made shim that was u shaped that I
> merely slipped over the bolt entering the mast.
> > Andrew
> > Sv Carmen
> > Greenwich CT
> >
> > Sent from mobile device.
> >
> > On Oct 22, 2012, at 21:16, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Joe
> >>
> >> It is quite normal to have wobbly spreaders. As long as the bases
> >> are secure there needs to be a little movement in the spreader.
> >>
> >> IMO
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi everyone:
> >>>
> >>>    My sailing season (some may remember) was cut short on August 4 by a
> >>> small twister on the Bohemia River (MD) that sucked out my cabin hatch
> door
> >>> and flipped the boat over.  This ended up damaging the mast, and
> >>> finally...today...the new one is on the boat.  But since the season
> ends in
> >>> eight days, I had the rigging company who did the repairs leave her on
> the
> >>> trailer and button up for the ride back to PA.
> >>>
> >>>    The rigging guy mentioned that he was perplexed by the nature of my
> >>> spreaders, in that they wobbled around on the mast, and actually
> pointed a
> >>> bit aft.  He felt that they should be pointing directly port and
> starboard.
> >>> I said that they have always had that wobble in them.  Is this right?
> >>> Does our boat possess this quality in the spreaders (the wobble)?  He
> >>> suggested I devise some thin shims to go between the spreaders and the
> >>> mast.
> >>>
> >>>    I am the sort of guy who tends not to doubt Stan's design choices.
> >>> (This not only seems like a wise course, given his vast experience, but
> >>> also avoids the Cranky-Stan Syndrome).  Since I have never been right
> >>> trying to second guess him, and he's always been right when (lovingly)
> >>> correcting my misperceptions, I like to go with that winning formula.
>  So
> >>> Rhodies, should I shim out the spreaders, or let the status quo be
> the...
> >>> well, you know, the status quo?  Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Joe Camp
> >>> s/v John Dawson
> >>> (soon to be in my side yard in)
> >>> Hatboro, PA
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> >>
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