[Rhodes22-list] Shroud or Stay Covering

[Hank]

Ed,

I'd love to see your set up, but my magnifying glass isn't stong enough.
Any chance you have a higher resolution picture?

Thanks,

Hank

On 11/30/06, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
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>      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:
>
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> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200509/30/shroudcovers.gif
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>      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:
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> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200605/22/shroudcover2.gif
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