[Rhodes22-list] Adjusting Mast Rake

[Chris on LBI]

Shawn, I'm very sorry to hear about your illness. I wish you a speedy 
recovery.
I was going to shoot for  about 2.5 degrees of rake.

On 7/24/2022 8:21 PM, Shawn Boles wrote:
> Hi Chris:
>
> Save yourself the trouble.
>
>   I just finished trying to increase rake with extension to forestay. A
> total bust. I sailed her once  with the backstays almost parallel giving  ~
> 3-5 degrees of rake.
> Not only was there no improvement in lee helm, but the GB jib furling line
> jammed around the extension when I attempted to furl in, due to
> insufficient tension. So I wrestled the 175 into submission and  tied it
> off on the furler.
>
> The boatyard  was able to restore everything to regular GB setup. They
> suggested a triangular backstay tensioner and I declined, having learned my
> lesson. However I have not sailed since.
>
> That evening I came down with septicemia (WBC > 30k, norm is 4.5k - 10.5k)
> and spent 5 days in a great hospital where they saved my life.
>
> It turns out what doesn't kill you doesn't make you stronger, it makes you
> weaker.  The literature is not clear on recovery time but my docs and I are
> looking at one to three months. At 6 weeks into recovery I am still
> sleeping 14 to 18 hours a day. In two or three weeks I'm going to attempt
> to get others to take me out for a sail in the boat. I look forward to
> experiencing lee helm again🤦🏻‍♂️.
>
> Cheers,
> Shawn
> s/v Sweet Baboo
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 1:53 PM Chris on LBI <cknell at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I feel like I have chipped away at overcoming the lee helm that my
>> Rhodes has exhibited since we've owned it. Adding weight forward of the
>> mast (I filled the water tank and added a couple of cinder blocks),
>> tightening-up the forestay, and unfurling less genoa have all helped I
>> think. However, I would like to try raking the mast aft a little. When I
>> use the aft-stay tensioners to tighten the forestay as much as possible,
>> I have virtually no rake; that is, the mast is approximately
>> perpendicular to the waterline. So I need to lengthen the forestay in
>> order to lean the mast aft. I'm thinking some sort of extender under the
>> jib furling cup would do the job. Somewhere between 1 1/2 and 3 inches
>> would be a good place to start, but it would be nice to be able to
>> adjust it. I have attached a photo of the coupling of the forestay to
>> the chainplate at the bow.
>>
>> Does anyone have a recommendation for what to use to accomplish this
>> extension in a manner that would allow for trying different lengths?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
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