[Rhodes22-list] mast step mystery

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The three screws are perfect for the job. In the slight chance you may do  
something stupid in the future, you want that mast step to break away from 
the  hull with minimal damage. Trust me, it happens more often than you would 
think.  There are a few voices of experience on this list......just not me.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/22/2015 12:37:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:



Jefferson,
If you put up the mast and  leave it three competent screws will keep it in 
place if the mounts and core  are solid. If you plan on putting up the mast 
frequently I would suggest put  in a few more screws or ss lag bolts well 
bedded and very well sealed. If  water penetrates and freezes or rots the 
core you will have bigger  problems. That is my two cents worth.Fred Haag1974 
Rhodes Phoenix,  Az.



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From: The Rhodes  22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
Date: 05/22/2015   9:02 AM  (GMT-07:00) 
To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] mast step  mystery 

Jefferson:
Mine is a 76 and the mast step is held with  three screws only.

Graham 


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Sent: May-22-15 8:10 AM
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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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