[Rhodes22-list] Headsail Furler Cable broke

[Bob Garrant]

I was able to replace the forestay cable for the headsailI furler.
I attached two pictures:
1) the terminal from the masthead
2) the cable from inside the furler

I’m guessing the cable began to bind within the furler and twisted back and
forth to unbraid the cable.

Not sure what caused it unless i did overtighten the backstay tension.

Back on the water.

Bob Garrant
s/v Sail la Vie

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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