[Rhodes22-list] Thank goodness for 9 stays

[Bill Effros]

Forestay fast pin?

Bill Effros

sloopblueheron at isp.com wrote:
> And thank Stan.
>
> During my seasonal shakedown cruise yesterday, I was about a mile out when
> the forestay fast pin came out.  Only the furling line kept the drum
> approximately in the bow pulpit area.
>
> The 175 genoa flailed violently in 10 - 15 knot winds and it kept spinning
> the boat until I cut away the sheets.  Fortunately, the starboard lower
> shroud kept the mast from falling backward as I motored south toward shore
> in a west wind.  Yet I was constantly calculating where the mast would
> fall into the cockpit if the stay didn't hold.  As the out shroud
> spreaders pulled out, that calculation became even more unnerving.
>
> Except for the forestay, all my shrouds are attached to the chain plates
> with cotter ring locked clevis pins.  After having a cotter ring snared
> and pulled out by a sheet, I tape all my clevis pins (corrosion be
> damned).  Now, I'll also be taping the forestay fast pin, too.
>
> BTW, does anyone know how long the 175 genoa sheets should be?
>
> Rick
>
>
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