[Rhodes22-list] Update on IMF outhaul/furling running rigging changes made over the winter

[Jesse Shumaker]

Hi Reuben,

It looks like Peter covered your questions about the blocks.  Like Peter, I
cut a new slot in the boom for the exit block.  I used a Dremel with a
grinder bit to accomplish that.  I used pop rivets to attach the exit block
to the boom.  I included some photos and a brief description of the rigging
changes I made on page 20 of the following document:
http://rhodes22.org/document.html?documents/Zephyr%20Projects%20&%20Boat%20Tour.pdf

Good luck and please let us know how it comes together!

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr


On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:15 AM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Peter
> Thanks for the quick detailed response
> I'll get to work
> --Reuben
> Reuben Mezrich
> Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
> Cell: 410-499-8922
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 11:10 AM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Reuben,
> >
> > The exit block I used was a 'Harken 29mm Thru-Deck Bullet Block' (Harken
> > model #287, Defender item #604915).  This mounts to the boom with a screw
> > or bolt at each end.  I made a new slot in the boom for it because the
> > existing slot was too long.
> >
> > The blocks at the mast were sized for 1/4" line.
> >
> > Peter Nyberg
> > Coventry, CT
> > s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
> >
> > > On 2021-12-06, at 09:43:46 EST, Reuben Mezrich wrote:
> > >
> > > Jesse
> > > I'm planning on making the same rigging changes you described for the
> > furling
> > > and unfurling lines and have a few questions.
> > > Peter Nyborg cut a new hole in the underside of the boom to place an
> > exit block
> > > for the furling line. Did you do that or just add an exit block to the
> > hole
> > > that's already there (which would be my preferred approach) Do you
> > remember
> > > which exit block you used?
> > > Do you remember what size blocks you used, both for the lines coming
> > along the
> > > mast and then at the base of the mast?
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > --Reuben
> > > Reuben Mezrich
> > > Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
> > > Cell: 410-499-8922
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>