[Rhodes22-list] Shroud or Stay Covering

[Michael D. Weisner]

Ed,

Thanks for the pictures and ideas.  I can't magnify the gif image enough to 
see without loosing the detail (may a jpg or tif would be better) but the 
concept came through loud and clear.

Why are we concerned with the weight added to the R22?

How do you keep the pipes from sliding up and permitting the sheet to be 
pinched between the deck and tube or two adjacent pieces of tubing?

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

From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 
12:56 PM
>
>     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:
>
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200509/30/shroudcovers.gif
>
>     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:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200605/22/shroudcover2.gif
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