[Rhodes22-list] Head sail repair and broken stay

stan stan at generalboats.com
Sat Jan 25 08:30:42 EST 2020


Sure, let's try that.

Is the genoa a 130 or 175?

stan

On 1/24/20 1:45 PM, Mike Riter wrote:
> How about if I remove the stay and measure it and send you that
> measurement? That would seem to be somewhat accurate and the most
> expedient.
>
> The head of the Genoa is dry rotted (long term sun damage is my guess) and
> the strap holding to the top of the mast broke. The result was the sail
> slid down the furler tube and jammed up against the furler. I couldn't use
> the line to furl it and had to go forward and wrap it by hand. A short term
> repair was applied by returning to the marina, lowering the mast, punching
> a hole through the thickest part of the head and tying it back to the mast
> with a short piece of 1/4" line. This allowed us to finish the trip, but
> hasn't held much past that.
>
> Michael Riter
> President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
> Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
> mike at traildesign.com
> 678-410-8021
>
>
>
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