[Rhodes22-list] Bosun's Chair

[Robert Skinner]

By the time your CG shifts outside the comfort zone, 
you are in trouble, possibly not reversable.  Be
careful, friend.

/Robert
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John Lock wrote:
> 
> At 12:43 PM 8/10/2007 -0700, you wrote:
> >        I have the mast raising crane and used it 4 times already
> > this season.  Twice to get operational at home port, once on for a
> > cruise on Lake Michigan, and once just to tweak the fittings.   To
> > some, raising and lowering the mast may sound scary, but using a
> > bosun's on my Rhodes as tender as it is initially during a gust,
> > really sounds scary to me.
> 
> Well it shouldn't be hard to find out!  As I go up I'll be able to
> sense if the mast wants to tip one way or the other.  If it gets
> scary, I come back down.  In the absence of lateral forces (waves, wind, etc.)
> 
> >For whatever method you use, I have found that just removing the
> >spider webs and the egg sacks you see doesn't rid your mast head of
> >spiders.   For spiders I have inserted some styrofoam in the top of
> >the mast and soaked it well ( besides spraying the entire area and
> >windex) with a spider pesticide.  At least for past two months it
> >seems to have kept the pesky little insects away and the windex free
> >to operate accurately.
> 
> I think it was Rummy who suggested liberal application of WD-40 will
> have a similar effect.  When I initially tried to "sail them off" I
> could never generate sufficient wind to break the windex free of the
> webs.  It would spin part way and then spring back.  Maybe just a
> light air day, more wind would have helped.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> John Lock
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> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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> 
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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
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