[Rhodes22-list] mast step mystery

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Jefferson,
I have a 74 that I pulled from a barn and restored. The first time I erected and lowered the mast the mast plate pulled loose and I dropped the mast across a grapefruit tree. I pulled the plate, injected epoxy to stabilize the area, installed a 3/4" plywood doubler to increase the surface area and fiberglass ed the whole thing in. I then retapped the original holes and installed four more screws. This affected the shroud length and I also reshaped the base of the mast with a rasp to let it move easier when raising and lowering the mast. It makes it much easier since  I do everything singlehanded. PS you can rereave the keel control rope and check or lubricate the keel pin while it sits on a trailer if you have concerns.Fred Haag1974 RhodesPhoenix, Az.


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From: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
Date: 05/22/2015  5:10 AM  (GMT-07:00) 
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] mast step mystery 

Hello all ­ finally getting ready to launch "Patience" here in the far north
(compared to everyone but Graham!) after a long winter and some elbow
grease. She spent 22 years on the trailer under cover, but seems in
remarkably good shape, which is a tribute to the quality of the boat and its
parts. It has turned into a love affair, but my wife has accepted my new
mistress with equanimity, which is a first.

Now the question:

My mast step is held in place with three screws set into threaded receivers
bedded in the fiberglass, but the base has two additional screw holes
centred under the mast, and no sign they were ever used. The boat is a '76 ­
does anyone else have a similar mast step, and if so are there screws in
those central holes for added strength? Being a Rhodes it must mean
something.

I'm going to launch her for the season on Lake Memphremagog, which is a 25
mile long (and only 1 to 2 miles wide) glacier lake that runs from Magog,
Quebec to Newport, Vt. Winds are variable because of the surrounding
mountains and often die at the end of the afternoon. I am trying out a 2.5hp
4 stroke that was hanging unused in the boathouse, but expect that next
summer on Lake Champlain and perhaps up St. Lawrence River I'll need
something more like a 6 hp.

The only question mark left for the launch is ­ will the centreboard go
down????

I will keep you posted.

Jefferson
Patience (1976)


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