[Rhodes22-list] Thank goodness for 9 stays

[Bill Effros]

Bob,

What kind of quick release clevis pin were you using?  The push button 
on the end kind, or the spring loaded?  I've never heard of the push 
button on the end kind failing in this way provided it is backed up by a 
properly sized washer.  The push button on the end kind are very 
expensive and metric sized.  When they fail they tend to rust solid and 
become a real problem to remove.

Bill Effros

Bob Weber wrote:
> Rick, I had the exact same thing happen while under motor.  I had two 
> young kids aboard and their dad who knew just enough to steer the boat 
> while under power.  I was in a canal with 5 foot swell comming 
> straight at me.  When I got to the end I went had my crew point the 
> boat into the wind and I went forward.  I used one hand to hold on to 
> the bucking deck another to hold the forestay in place and a third to 
> tread the now bent pin thru the hole.  after 10 trys I secured the 
> furler to the bow pulpit and got back to the dock.  I threw the quick 
> release clevis pin away.  Any one out there with that quick release 
> pin take note - it can happen.  Bob
>
>
>
> From: sloopblueheron at isp.com
>> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Thank goodness for 9 stays
>> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 15:59:13 -0000 (GMT)
>>
>> 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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