[Rhodes22-list] forestay length and furling gear

cjlowe at sssnet.com cjlowe at sssnet.com
Mon Jun 26 13:58:22 EDT 2017


Graham,
Just measured my old one, 27' 10 1/4" . That is the factory furler forstay
length,measured from pin center to pin center on the  swedged fittings.

Jerry Lowe



>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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