[Rhodes22-list] Aft stay pulled loose

[Rob Lowe]

Hank,
I agree and it's pretty easy to see that just based on observations.
Instead of tearing up the boat so that I could bolt the stay to a backing
board, I was considering just widening the slot that the plate pulled out
of, pushing the plate back down, and filling in the rest of the slot with
epoxy to attach the plate to the boat.  With the little stress and would be
on the inner aft stay, I was wondering if that would be sufficient?
Certainly an easier fix. - rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Aft stay pulled loose


> Rob,
>
> Don't know if this was mentioned in the earlier posts, but the lower
> stays shouldn't really have any stress on them when under sail.  The upper
> stays are what provide the structural integrity and withstand the pressure
> of the wind on the sail.
>
> Hank
>
> On 6/6/07, Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of aft stays, but the boat in the water last week and got on
her
> > yesterday evening for a trial sail.  I noticed my aft inner stay was
> > loose.  closer inspection determined it appears the chain plate has
pulled
> > out of the cabin top, perhaps an inch of so.  don't know if raising the
mast
> > last week is related, but could very well be.  A perhaps 1/4" hole was
> > visible on the chain plate that's not normally visible.  An inspection
from
> > in the cabin didn't help much as it's mounted above the cabin liner.  I
> > didn't put sails up because I didn't want to stress the rigging until I
get
> > this fixed.  Can't say I've seen this on the list before, any help out
> > there?  sorry, don't have a photo of it right now but will get one next
time
> > I visit the boat.  thanks - rob
> >
> >
> > Rob Lowe
> > ' 76 S/V Getaway
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