[Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments

[Graham Stewart]

I remembered that I had an old 1988 manual for a Rhodes 22 that explains in
Stan's elegant words how to tune the rig. It might be different for masts
with internal furling but should otherwise be applicable. It answers the
question about how tight the shrouds and stays should be.

Any movement of the masthead to the lee will make the shrouds go limp.
Removing all movement through tension will put an inordinate compression
load on the mast. I don't like lee shrouds that are so loose that the
fittings fall apart or that show unreasonable masthead movement but I also
see no need to use tools other than perhaps a pin through the hole in the
barrel of the turnbuckle to tighten them by hand. But you should expect the
lee shrouds to go slack.

Graham 


-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Farrell
Sent: June-27-13 4:50 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments

When you guys are pointing do you have much slack in the leeward shrouds?
Geoff


On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

>      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
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> > 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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