[Rhodes22-list] Shroud or Stay Covering

[Michael D. Weisner]

This will prevent the tube from rotating, a key point in Ed's design.  I 
personally are more concerned about trapping the sheet under the tube.  Ed?

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)

From: "Todd Zumach" <zoomerzx at gmail.com> Sunday, December 03, 2006 1:15 PM
> How about drilling a small hole through the tube in line with the
> turnbuckles connection with the chain plate.  You could then fish a small
> zip tie through the holes and trap it above the clevis pin on the
> turnbuckle.  If you did it correctly you shouldn't have much vertical lift
> of the tube and it would be easy to remove if you wanted to adjust the
> shroud tension.
>
> Todd Zumach
> Phillips, WI
>
> On 11/30/06, Charles Henthorn <rexh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> Ed:
>>       My problem seems to arise when the jib sheet catches under the
>> tube---lifting it up---exposing the small slot between the chain plate 
>> and
>> the turnbuckle ---- into which the sheet jams at the wrong time.  An
>> alternative solution (to the shrink-wrap filling the slot) would be for 
>> some
>> engineering-type to design a way to keep the tubing from rising.   Have 
>> you
>> experienced this problem or does the 'double'  tube give it enough weight 
>> to
>> keep the sheet from raising it?
>>   Rex
>>
>> Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> Rigging tape or heat shrink keep bare metal from rubbing or chafing the
>> sails or sheets. However, plastic pipe used for sink plumbing cut to
>> lengths to cover the chain plates and turnbuckles can turn (rotate on a
>> horizontal axis). That allows for free movement of sheets and sails. 
>> Since
>> the sails are rolling and not rubbing it makes for even less chafing. Get
>> out your magnifying glass and see the attached picture from the archives:
>>
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200509/30/shroudcovers.gif
>>
>>
>> Note that the bottom piece is flush with the deck and rotates free and
>> independent of the next two pieces above. Each of the three layers 
>> rotates
>> and rotates independently. The total weight for all the pieces for four
>> stays is maybe a quarter of a pound. Small amount of weight for saving
>> your
>> sails. Available from Lowes, Home Depot or your local Ace Hardware. Note
>> that the top thin piece is not pvc but teflon tube(or other slick 
>> plastic)
>>
>> that just fits over the screw part of the turnbuckle when saparated from
>> the
>> turning part of the turnbuckle. It is a four foot piece and in addition 
>> to
>> turning freely is slick.
>>
>>
>> Ed K
>> Greenville, SC, USA
>> Also:
>>
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200605/22/shroudcover2.gif
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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