[Rhodes22-list] Question for Robert S, reply to John B, reply to Lee

[Steven Alm]

re going aloft.  It MIGHT be OK.  There's a chance that NOTHING will fail.
MAYBE you'll perform the task without incident.  ......Hello????  Why risk
it when you don't have to????  Drop the mast in 20 minutes and do your
repairs.

Slim

On 8/12/07, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One thought.  The sheaves for the topping lift might not do well with that
> kind of lateral pressure.  Maybe a loop around the mast with a stouter
> line,
> raised to position by the topping lift?, with a separate downhaul to the
> mast cleat.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 8/12/07, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > There is little chance of the mast bending as the stress is held by the
> > shrouds.
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > On 8/11/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob S,
> > > 1.      Do your calculations assume the weight aloft is on centerline
> of
> > > the
> > > mast?  Whose weight would be on centerline using a boson's chair?
> > > 2.      I noticed Rob Lowe's reply to one of my posts, so what have
> you
> > > been
> > > sending him?
> > > 3.      Getting close to departure date?  How is wife healing?  (That
> is
> > > healing
> > > physically and not on sail boats.)
> > >
> > > Lee,
> > >         I believe the cost of a new mast is many thousand if you bend
> > it,
> > > since it cannot be straightened with integrity intact.  Raising and
> > > lowering
> > > the mast on a R22, if even to fix the light is quite safe, simple and
> > > quick
> > > using Stan' crane.  I have done it at the dock without incident.
> > > Positioning the boat so that mast is over the dock where the work
> needs
> > to
> > > be done.  Remember the R22 IMF mast is a specially drawn mast using a
> > > proprietary die.  It is not available from anybody but Commodore
> Spitzer
> > > and
> > > the current cost of aluminum is out of sight.
> > >
> > > John B,
> > >         Interest rates theoretically are determined by the market and
> > not
> > > an
> > > idealized number.  That is what a willing buyer is willing to pay
> > without
> > > collusion, compulsion or coercion.  Your friend is a socialist or a
> > fellow
> > > traveler.
> > >
> > > Ed K
> > > Greenville, SC, USA
> > > Addendum:  "The turmoil in the credit markets now emanating from the
> > > collapse of the housing bubble can be understood in the light of the
> > > theory
> > > of the business cycle.  Credit expansion distorts the pattern of
> > spending
> > > and capital investment in the economic system. This in turn leads to
> the
> > > large scale loss of capital and thereby sets the stage for a
> subsequent
> > > credit contraction, which is precisely what is beginning to happen
> now."
> > > George Reisman
> > >
> > >
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