[Rhodes22-list] Tubes on Shrouds

[Michael D. Weisner]

Bill,

I, too, try to maintain tension on sheets but we are speaking about 
harnessing the wind, snags happen.  The beauty of the heatshrink tubing is 
that water does not collect since the bottom is open.

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

From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:56 AM
> Mike,
>
> I maintain tension on both sheets while coming about.  Neither one ever 
> gets that low.  I use rigging tape on turnbuckles to smooth transitions 
> and protect from sharp edged cotter pins, but I remove the tape at the end 
> of each season, and always make sure it can't collect water.  I find the 
> tape causes corrosion on the stainless steel turnbuckles when left in 
> place too long.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>> Bill & Rex,
>>
>> I have had the problem of the jib sheets hanging up at the bottom of the 
>> shrouds, just above the deck, on my '81, particularly when coming about. 
>> I tried slightly larger diameter sheets when I replaced them last and 
>> still they would "catch" at the bottom of the turnbuckle hardware on 
>> occasion.  I solved the problem with a piece of shrink wrap covering the 
>> chain plate to turnbuckle portion of the hardware.  They smoothed out the 
>> transition and the sheet no longer gets pinned by the hardware.
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>>
>> From: "Bill Effros" bill at effros.com Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:25 AM
>>
>>
>>> Rex,
>>>
>>> I don't have tubes around my shrouds, and my jib sheets never hang up on 
>>> them.  I use the standard size sheet.  Removing the tubes will reduce 
>>> the weight.  Every now and again in extremely light air a sheet will 
>>> hang up on an open hatch, but if it happens twice a summer that's a lot. 
>>> I rarely miss a tack with my 175, and I deploy it all the way out 
>>> whenever the air is light.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>> R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>>>> Rex,
>>>> Larger sheets does not always equate to more weight. It depends on the 
>>>> material that the sheets are made from. There are amny different 
>>>> combinations of  materials. Mine don't seem to weight more than the 
>>>> thinner ones and I find them easier to handle. Now, that being said, if 
>>>> the wind isn't blowing enough to fill  the sails, I'm on the hook in a 
>>>> cove getting wasted on rum and coke. No point in  wasting a perfectly 
>>>> good day.
>>>>  Rummy
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