[Rhodes22-list] forestay length and furling gear

[Gary Novotny]

Graham,

I have the Alado A0 on my Rhodes 22 and I'm happy with it. When I bought 
my Rhodes it came with a furler that was missing most of it's parts so I 
bought the Alado. It was very easy to install and has mostly worked 
well. The only significant problem I had occurred about 10 months ago 
when the forestay broke off right at the bottom swage fitting while 
sailing. At the time, the forestay was only 2 years old as I had 
replaced it at the same time as the furler. The forestay break was not 
catastrophic to the boat as I quickly used a halyard as a temporary stay 
and limped home.

I discussed this with a rigger (not the one who created that stay). He 
examined the stay and concluded that the problem was not improper 
swagging which was my conclusion but due to the rigging not allowing for 
the continuous port to starboard movement of the stay while underway. He 
suggested making the replacement stay slightly shorter and adding 
fittings that would allow for some side to side movement. I also made 
the new stay bigger in diameter.

I use my alado with a fairly large genoa which is bigger than a 160. 
This sail is too big actually, I'd prefer a 135, but this genoa came 
with the boat. To convert to the Alado, I had to have a sail maker 
modify the genoa to have the proper bolt tape for the alado foil.

The only furler issue I have had is really my own doing. I installed a 
furler line that is a little too large in diameter and sometimes when 
unfurling the line binds up in the hub, which requires pulling it in 
some and then re-releasing.


Hope this helps.

Gary

S/V Moon Shadow 1978 Rhodes 22
S/V Blackfish 1987 Corsair F27

Ankona Fl.



On 6/25/2017 8:54 PM, Graham Stewart wrote:
> I have concluded that my old CDI furler is toast and am in the process of
> deciding what to replace it with. I would like to hear any suggestions for
> replacement members of the list might have. I am currently inclined towards
> the Alado. Does anyone have experience with this system?
>
> Also, I am trying to figure out what the length of the forestay should be.
> My current forestay has a 5" extender below the turnbuckle. Is that common
> on Rhodes or is my boat the exception? If I measure the forestay and include
> the extender the total length is 27' 9 1/4". That seems long to me as the
> specs for the boat stipulate 26.9'. Might my rig have been set up with the
> mast raked back?
>
> Does anyone know what proper length of the forestay? If it is actually
> shorter than what I have I might need to lengthen the aft stays. I plan to
> replace the forestay as mine has a number of nasty kinks in it. Meanwhile I
> really don't know what length I should specify.
>
> Help with this would be appreciated.
>
> Graham
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario Canada
>
>
>
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