[Rhodes22-list] backstay tension/traveler bar

[Rik Sandberg]

Phyllis

My traveller bar had a small hole in the top of each end for a pin to go 
through the traveller bar and the sockets it fit into on the aft stays. 
I never had a problem with these coming out, although if you have no 
pins, I would see where you might. I would drill the traveller bar and 
it's sockets so you can put a retaining pin in there.

I never used a loos gauge to set my rigging. I just set it tight enough 
so it would just start to make a low tone when I strummed it. This gave 
me just a little slack in the lee shrouds when going to weather. This 
probably wasn't the "proper" way to do this, but it worked just fine for me.

Your wire is 1/8 inch. The right loos guage would be the 3/32nds to 
5/32nds version.

Rik

P&M Beals wrote:

>Looking  back at the Rhodes 22 instruction booklet, the FAQ on the Rhodes 22
>site, I read that the backstay tension is the  thing that keeps the traveler
>bar in place, is that correct?   On our boat it seems to be the case even
>though the traveler bar has a small hole at each end, and one would think
>the piece on the backstay into which the bar fits might have a hole as well,
>so you could insert a clevis pin?? but clearly there isn't any such hole to
>receive a clevis pin...
>
>so it comes down to the backstay tension being tight enough to keep that
>traveler bar securely in place....
>
>Please advise me if this is correct.
>
>Last evening with 12-15 mph winds we jibed, the boom swung over hard and the
>traveler bar came loose, knocking my husband across the head...while he did
>not feel OK as we were feebly asking "Are you OK?" he has recovered fine
>with one Advil...
>
>This brings me to my second question regarding Loos tension gauges...
>I read a piece in the FAQ on those by Roger...do most of you check the
>tension of your stays at the beginning of the season?
>
>How do I know which Loos guage to get? Is the size of the stay wire the
>measurement that I find in the West Marine catalog?
>3/32"- 5/32"
>
>3/16"-9/32"
>
>1/4"-3/8"
>
>these are some of the choices, also regular vs. pro.
>
>Thanks for any help...while Mike has recovered fine from the blow, I don't
>want to sail with any guests on board until I get this figured out...nor to
>sail in any but the lightest winds.  For beginners I guess we have to just
>tighten up the backstay as much as possible?  We thought we had it pretty
>snug a month ago.
>
>Phyllis
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