[Rhodes22-list] Turnbuckles

[Richard Beytagh]

The cotter pins are there for extra caution and to ensure that the
turnbuckles don't work loose over time. To be honest i consider them more
trouble than they are worth especially if you tweak your rig quite often as
I do or you loosen you aft and cap shrouds when lowering the mast. You also
need to tape them up so the sail does not catch on the split pin. If I was
doing a lot of passage making and overnight sailing into big seas then yes,
you definitely need cotters.

I suggest you put a piece of tape at your setting mark and every now and
then check it to see if it has loosened. If you insist on using cotters I
would suggest that you ensure the both cap shrouds have them and at least
one fwd and one aft shroud.

If you want to get all bolts with cotter holes, you can buy a turnbuckle
from Stan or Dwyer and replace the lower one, but the upper one attached to
the shroud would need to the entire wire replaced as the bolt is swaged to
the wire.

I hope this helps

Cheers
R22 Waif



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Richard Beytagh
Phone: 828 337 0180

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> Hmmm, no picture.  The filename extension was .jpg, and the size was 1MB.
>
> —Peter
>
>
> > On Apr 29, 2016, at 11:19 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I’ve got a question about the turnbuckles on my six shrouds.  Most of
> male or bolt-like pieces have holes in the ends of them, which I assume are
> intended to receive cotter pins or rings, which would keep the turnbuckle
> from turning.  But two of the bolts do not have holes in them.  In one case
> it’s lower bolt, in the other it’s the upper bolt, the one attached to the
> wire.
> >
> > I don’t think I could remedy the situation by drilling holes in the
> bolts without them.  I’m thinking I could thread nuts onto the bolts above
> or below the body of the turnbuckle, and tighten them against the body to
> keep it from moving.
> >
> > Would this be an appropriate solution?
> >
> > I hope my description of the problem is good enough that a picture isn’t
> necessary, but I’ll attempt to attach one anyway, mostly as a test to see
> if it works.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Peter Nyberg
> > Coventry, CT
> > s/v Silverheels (88/16)
> >
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