[Rhodes22-list] Headsail Furler Cable broke

[Bob Garrant]

Hi Roger,
I haven’t had a chance to un-step the mast yet and examine the mast head.
I’ll send pictures as soon as I do that.
Thanks
Bob


On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 11:42 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> From your photo, it looks like the terminal at the top of the forestay
> failed.  But, instead of the threads at the toggle joint, this one failed
> at the bottom of the terminal where it was swaged onto the stainless steel
> wire cable.  Was there anything still attached to the masthead casting?
> Like maybe the rest of the terminal and toggle joint?  This could be the
> same issue as Allyn and Peter’s boats experienced except at the bottom
> instead of the top of the terminal.  Or, it could be a failure of the
> swaged connection.  If you still have the rest of the terminal, could you
> send a close-up of the swaged joint that failed?
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 2, 2021, at 8:56 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > I'm not sure what you've got there.  It doesn't look like a CDI furler.
> >
> > There's been another recent thread about a broken forestay with the
> subject line of 'CDI Furler Wire Halyard Snapped - What's at the top?'.
> Looking through that may provide some insight.
> >
> > I made a YouTube video about my experience with a broken forestay, which
> you can find here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKIYYFU73s&t=5s . My furler
> is a CDI, so at least some of the video won't be relevant for you.
> >
> > Have you tried contacting General Boats?  How about a local rigging
> company?
> >
> > --Peter
> >
> >> On 2021-06-01, at 21:56:47 EDT, Bob Garrant wrote:
> >>
> >> The cable at the top of my genoa furler broke this morning as I was
> about to
> >> unfurl the Genoa. See attached image.
> >> I would appreciate guidance for replacing this cable.
> >> I purchased this 2000 Rhodes 22 from Stan in 2017 as a refurbished
> model. Thanks
> >> much,
> >> Bob Garrant
> >> s/v Sail la Vie 2000
> >> Kent Island, MD
> >>
> >> <a
> >> href="
> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20210601/f6641c60/attachment.jpg"
>
> >> target="_blank">image_67213825.JPG</a>
> >>
> >
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