[Rhodes22-list] How to: A Trouble-free Furling Main | Sail Magazine

[Jesse Shumaker]

Thanks Peter.  I have a block tied to the port side cleat on the mast,
which leads to another block tied to the port side handrail and I run my
topping lift through these and back to the cam cleat on the aft port corner
on top of the cabin.   When I'm working on fall projects I think I might
tidy up how those blocks are attached.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 3:20 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Jesse,
>
> My changes to how the mainsail outhaul and furler lines are not without
> issues, but I still prefer my changes to Stan’s design.
>
> Taking off the tabernacle is easy, two screws as I recall (not bolts).  I
> don’t recall if I managed to find slightly longer screws to make up for the
> thickness of the halyard organizer.  I used butyl as a sealant.  I should
> have used the drill-fill-drill technique to eliminate any chance of water
> getting into the deck, but I don’t think I did.
>
> —Peter
>
> > On Jul 20, 2020, at 7:29 AM, Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Peter, while we're on the topic of IMF, I'm curious if you are pleased
> with
> > your rigging changes for the outhaul and furler as described in your
> > rigging changes video (https://youtu.be/YS1MIEcvkPs).  When you took off
> > the tabernacle (mast base) to put the halyard organizer underneath so you
> > could hang blocks off of that, was that difficult to do?   I was curious
> if
> > it was as simple as loosening the bolts, removing the tabernacle, adding
> > the organizer and putting the tabernacle back on.  What sort of bedding
> did
> > you use underneath the halyard organizer?  Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
>
>