[Rhodes22-list] Anyone know what this part is?

[Cary Tolbert]

Olivier, see if this makes sense.

Cary

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:56 AM Jay Friedland <jayf401 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oliver,
> At first glance/going from memory, it looks like the stop the mast's
> furling tube bushing rides against. It’s tapped into the internal part of
> the whole block assembly that the boom attaches to. How both screws backed
> out is a mystery, unless the tore out with some other force from the
> furling tube? for me, it’s been a couple years since that was removed, so
> I’m sure others can add more detail.
>
> Jay Friedland
> S/V Wanderlust ‘97
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 23, 2018, at 11:24 AM, Olivier Hecht <oehecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > And where it goes?  It’s a plastic block about 1”x2” with two long screws
> > through it.
> >
> > I was raising the pop top yesterday and this fell to the deck. It seemed
> to
> > come right from the mast/boom/gooseneck area but I didn’t see exactly
> where
> > it came from or an obvious place for it.
> >
> > I did not notice any effects while sailing for four hours. It looks like
> a
> > stop of some sort, maybe when the sail is lowered in the mast?  I didn’t
> > see any mounting holes when I looked in the mast, though.
> >
> > Olivier
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