[Rhodes22-list] Lost My Headstay and Furler

[Richard Beytagh]

Most of the mast rig comes from Dwyer. If you can give them the exact
dimensions they will swage up a new forestay for you at quite a reasonable
price.

Cheers
S/V Waif

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Richard Beytagh
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 7:12 PM, <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> I was finally able to return to Groton with my trailer today.  I hauled
> the boat, packed it for travel, and brought it home.  Once home, I
> disassembled the furler, and took a look at what was left of forestay
> attachment hardware at the top of the mast.
>
> As I suspected, the failure occurred near the top of the mast.  The
> forestay wire itself was completely intact.  The bit of hardware attached
> to the upper end of the ware failed.  At the point of failure, it looks
> like there may be the start of a threaded portion.  The piece still
> attached at the top of the mast looks like it’s shaped to accept a
> cylindrical (sp ?) piece of hardware.  I’m at a loss to recall the bits of
> gear that allowed this connection to be made.
>
> I’ll try to attach a picture of the pieces I found.
>
> I hope to visit a rigger in the next day or two in the hopes that a
> professional will be able to figure this out.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
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