[Rhodes22-list] ROLLER FURLING CABLE BROKEN

[Mary Lou Troy]

Assuming it's just benignly sitting in the water it ought to be 
ok.  If you expect heavy weather or it is in a place where it rocks 
and rolls a lot, you might want to give it some extra support. You 
could run a line from a shackle at the tang where the forestay 
attaches up around the mast above the spreaders or use your topping 
lift if it runs through a sheeve at the masthead (and support your 
boom some other way). We have a spare halyard and have used it as a 
belt and suspenders extra support when doing work on the forestay in the slip.

Best,
Mary Lou


At 12:16 PM 6/11/2013, you wrote:
>I have a follow up question regarding the forestay that broke. All 
>my other rigging is in good shape.is it safe to leave the mast up?I 
>have it docked and can't get it off the water to bring the mast down 
>till the weekend.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:25 PM, "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>
> > Here's a photo of a slightly older GBI furler.  There are several
> > different versions over the years, maybe even many different versions.
> >
> > The key to knowing if you have a GBI furler is - does the sail attach
> > directly to an aluminum furling tube either with a sleeve around the
> > tube or fed into a slot in the tube and held in place with machine
> > screws or with tabs that attached to fittings screwed onto the tube.
> > If so, you have a GBI furler.
> >
> > With the CDI, there is an internal halyard and a PVC extrusion covers
> > the forestay. The sail feeds into a slot in the extrusion and is held
> > in place by that internal halyard.
> >
> > Send Stan pictures of the top and bottom of your broken stay and he
> > can replace it. Or if you live in a place where there are lots of
> > sailboats there will be riggers who can duplicate your forestay. It's
> > not a big job. You will need to lower the mast to get to the top fitting.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > Rock Hall MD
> >
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