[Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments

[Joe Camp]

     I am with you Rummy.  There is always some play in my stays, and the mast has stood like an old trusty tree.  Even when the freak storm turned the boat over and buried my masthead in the mud last year, the mast stayed fast to the deck.  The marina had to drag the boat out of the mud, and no movement on the mast.  

Joe Camp
s/v John Dawson
Bohemia River, MD



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> From: "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
>Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:34 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments
> 
>
>I don't know anything about the Loos(sp) gauge or even how to use one, but  
>300 lbs of tightness on the R22 stays seems absurd to me. None of my stays 
>are  more than finger tight.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 6/26/2013 11:20:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>chsyhkr at gmail.com writes:
>
>I have  had several folks tell I need to tight my back stays more.  When I
>do  the inner shrouds are affected.  The forward inner shrouds tighten  but
>can be loosened with no problem.
>
>The inner back shrouds loosen  but cannot be tightened enough with the
>current turnbuckles.
>
>I have  read to keep the forward stays at 300 lbs and the aft stays at about
>250  lbs.
>
>The outer shrouds are fine as they are even with the masts and  stay the
>same level of tension as the mast go back or forth..
>
>Any  ideas on how to address this on the rear inner  shrouds?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>David B. Craft
>Greensboro,  NC
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