[Rhodes22-list] What's up with my mast?

[Rob Lowe]

My regular email has been blocking me for some reason.  Let me try to post
through Nabble. - rob

John,
Wow.  Interesting.  You definitely do not have a GB mast.  But your use of
photos to show what you have is most useful.

There is a reason I save old email.  Credit Todd this time for a sketch of
what  GB's standard mast should look like.
http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200407/06/mastholes.jpg

the slot in Todd's sketch appears to match the slot in your third photo in
which the gooseneck (the part the boom attaches too) is inserted.  In your
third photo, it appears your gooseneck is screwed to your mast?  Someone
correct me if I'm wrong, but the gooseneck should be free to slide and be
above the slot.  The holes in the mast (back to Todd's sketch)  can be used
to hold the gooseneck where you want it.  I've got an old standard main (not
IMF) and use a nail (yes, probably not the best thing to use, but that's
what PO used) through the top hole to keep the gooseneck from riding up any
higher.

If you refer to Captain's Rummy photos:

http://members8.clubphoto.com/kimberly513138/687351/guest.phtml

Particularly number 76, you see the pop top also attaches to a gooseneck
which goes in the slot but rides below the opening.  I use a nail through
the hole that's marked 24" (Todd's sketch) to hold the pop top gooseneck up
when I put the pop top up.

It appears to me that your gooseneck broke (your slider piece in your first
photo) and someone fashioned another one but fixed mounted it below the
slot, probably because to fully raise the sail the boom had to be lower than
the slot and if it wasn't fixed it would ride up and pop out.

I'll try to take some photos of some of my hardware this evening (got all my
stuff in my basement) and post them tomorrow, but see if any of this helps.

Rob Lowe
S/V Getaway


jlock wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm trying to understand exactly what I have.  I knew from the 
> beginning that my boat did not have a standard GB mast on it.  Who 
> knows where it came from.  As I attached the boom and read more about 
> how these things work. I'm beginning to wonder about what's going on 
> with my particular mast setup.  So, here are some photos and 
> questions. TIA for any sage advice -
> 
> Photo #1 - Base of mast -
> http://www.pandion.com/rhodes22/photos/mast-base.jpg
> 
> You can see in this photo that the sail track has a "kink" in it 
> about a foot up from the base plate.  It looks like it may have been 
> twisted or broken in the past and repaired.  Notice that there is no 
> slider for the poptop (see next photo).  You can see the remains of a 
> slider just below the kink with threaded holes still 
> intact.  However, it can't travel up past the kink.
> 
> Photo #2 - Poptop connector - 
> http://www.pandion.com/rhodes22/photos/mast-popcon.jpg
> 
> Here you can see a pad eye that's been screwed into the sail track 
> above the kink.  I insert the pin for the poptop bracket (see 
> previous photo) thru this pad eye to secure the poptop up.  It's a 
> little awkward, but manageable.  Also, I don't have anything close to 
> 6-foot headroom under the poptup.  I'm 5'9 and I can almost stand 
> straight up under it.
> 
> Photo #3 - The boom connector - 
> http://www.pandion.com/rhodes22/photos/mast-boom.jpg
> 
> This is where things get seriously weird.  There is no slider for the 
> boom.  It attaches to the mast with the swivel bracket you see in 
> this photo, which is screwed securely to the mast.  Consequently, the 
> boom is always in the "up" position and cannot move vertically in 
> either direction.
> 
> 
> Given these new insights, I'm beginning to wonder what kind of 
> sailing quirks I might encounter.  For example, the boom vang issue, 
> that R22 owners try to solve in various ways, is a non-issue on my 
> setup.  The boom is permanently "vanged" in place!  Once the main is 
> up, I suppose I can ease or trim the main halyard to adjust tension 
> on the sail, but that's about it from what I can see.
> 
> What kind of problems can I expect to face if the boom is always set 
> that high?  Are there advantages to being able to set it lower with 
> the poptop closed?
> 
> Would it be a worthwhile project to re-engineer a slider for the boom?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
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