[Rhodes22-list] Detached Furlers and Other Such Calamaties

[Saroj Gilbert]

there's nothing like derigging and rerigging the boat to get you totally 
familiar with it all... plus you can inspect everything
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mputnam1 at aol.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Detached Furlers and Other Such Calamaties


> Yes, I do listen to you, Ed.  And, yes, I have been reading the archives.
>
> My question was a more general one -- how do people recommend a new sailor 
> better acquaint oneself with how to put the various pieces of equipment 
> back together should they fail while on the water?  Should I take things 
> apart and put them back together ... or are there other approaches?  And 
> short of sifting through 10,000 emails trying to find such advice, I 
> thought I'd ask the question.
>
> I appreciated the rest of your email ... pins and cotter rings do seem to 
> be the key to everything.  I'd already realized that from past emails, but 
> it bears repeating.
>
> - Mark P.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 07:55:58 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Detached Furlers and Other Such Calamaties
>
>
>
> Mark,
>     You never listen to me so why should I reply.  Remember the things
> called archives?  You could have been reading them all winter.  Why?
> Because members of this list have experienced such calamaties as you call
> them.  Specifically, foreward stays have broken.  You could have asked
> specific questions to those who experienced such and survived to tell us
> all.  Side stays have detached!  We have had numerous post how to prevent
> such.
>      Do you do a pre sail inspection?  You might ask flyboy Brad how to do
> a preflight, same concept.  Others have given you some relavant 
> information,
> use it and go for a sail today.
>      Have you looked at all the pins that attach things?  Made sure that
> you are using the correct size cotter ring for the pin?  Or are some pins
> held in place by undersized devices just waiting to fail?  Are the pins
> taped to prevent them from catching on something and getting torn off? 
> Ask
> the list about where you need covers or rigging tape.
>      I think that after you have done your inspection, you need to get 
> more
> time under sail.   Things will happen and you will survive.  You need some
> time with Captain Rummy.
>
> Ed K
> Leicester, Vermont, USA
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