[Rhodes22-list] forestay length and furling gear

[Graham Stewart]

Gary:

That is very helpful. Can you tell me what the additional fitting was? o you
know what the length of the stay is?
Thanks,
 Graham

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From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
Gary Novotny
Sent: June 26, 2017 8:43 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] forestay length and furling gear

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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