[Rhodes22-list] Attaching genoa to tube

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Nice guys, I will take a close look at the top of the tube for the screw hole. I believe I have a straight tube. I'm going to check for straightness also. Barry

-------------- Original message from "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>: -------------- 


> Barry: 
> My upper attachment was formerly an eye strap with two screws 
> holding it to the furrowing tube. Last fall the sail loop that was attached 
> to the metal eye strap wore thru. It had to go to the local sail fixer to 
> get a new upper loop on the sail. When reinstalling the sail, Rummy and I 
> put a screw thru the strap and affixed with a single screw. It cannot now 
> rub and wear out in the same way. Nothing about the GBI furrowing systems 
> in use over years are super secret technology and they are not even the same 
> each year. Stan has a way of trying new and different systems to see what 
> works best. The new ways of doing things can be applied to older equipment 
> without catastrophe. 
> Ed K 
> Greenville, SC, USA 
> Addendum: 2 monograms = 1 diagram 
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Shroud tension,(was all pacific boat show) 
> 
> Barry, 
> Usually there is a grommet attached to a length of cloth at the top of the 
> sail. Mine had a couple of washers to prevent it from pulling loose. The 
> bottom 
> line (also the furling line)is used to tension the sail downwards. It's 
> been 
> a while since I've had the sail apart, but I recently helped Ed Kroposki 
> with his sails, so I'm going from memory. There should be a small screw 
> hole 
> somewhere near the top of the furling tube. Be careful not to bend the 
> furling 
> tube at all, or furling the sail with a wobbly tube can be hard. It has to 
> be 
> straight. 
> 
> Rummy 
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