[Rhodes22-list] cutting mast step heldyard organizer

[Graham Stewart]

Jesse: 
At the time I bought it I had a clear idea of how I planned to use the organizer but now I can't remember what it was. I ordered a sail pac and I think I wanted to run lines back to the cockpit and didn't want to bolt any hardware to the deck that could be avoided. Maybe it will all come back to me when I launch next spring. On the other hand, by that time I might not remember my name. 

Graham Stewart
gstewart8 at cogeco.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Shumaker
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:44 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] cutting mast step heldyard organizer

Nice work Graham, thanks for sharing.  Just curious, how are you planning
to use your organizer?  I installed mine last week as part of changes or
the rigging to emulate some of Peter's setup.  Fortunately the one I
ordered only had the tabs on port and starboard so I didn't have to cut
anything off.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 6:11 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> A few months back there was a discussion about halyard mast-step
> organizers and whether one needed to go to a machine shop to remove one of
> the tabs. I had already bought an organizer with the extra tab at the front
> and did not fancy paying as much to have the ta cut off as the item cost in
> the first place.
>
> Today I set about to see if I could cut it off with my home tools. As it
> turned out it was pretty easy. I used my cordless Ryobi reciprocating saw
> (20V) with a fresh metal cutting blade and had no trouble cutting off the
> tab. I then dressed the edge with my bench grinder and finished it off with
> a hand file. Given that the stainless steel was 1/8" thick I was surprised
> that it went so easily. Maybe the steel was poor quality. For what it is
> worth...
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario
>
>