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

[TN Rhodey]

John,

First .....none of the pictured hardware will serve as boon vang. Boom vangs 
are usually connected low on the mast running up to mid boom, or so.

Regardng sailing and reefing.....As others have mentioned you can add reef 
point or perhaps roll sail around boom. This should handle any reefing 
needs.

To allow pop top to go up you would just need to move the existing hardware 
higher up the mast or add a second attachment point at desired height.

Fair winds,

Wally



>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] What's up with my mast?
>Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:30:31 -0400
>
>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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