[Rhodes22-list] Rex's Spreader shims

[bobmellor]

rex
  
i have an '80 .. no shims on mine (but it's also missing a lot of stuff that
probably should have been there)..

i also used a pvc frame with a harbor freight tarp.. (mast is off and in my
garage), actually held up well, lots of wind, though only a couple of
snow/ice storms this year (so far) - put it together with some glue, some
tech screws, kinda designed "on the fly."

bob m



Charles Henthorn wrote:
> 
> Bill
>      I'm going to re-think the winter configuration next year.  This past
> year I got the large tarp from Harbor Freight that several us discussed
> here last fall, lowered the mast to use it as support for the tarp and
> built a tent with the boat sitting on the trailer.  It worked very well
> the entire winter until the blizzard we encountered about 2 weeks ago. 
> Between the winds gusting to 40mph and the weight of snow that didn't
> slide off, the tarp ripped right down middle along the mast but, in the
> process caused one of the 2x4 supports I had constructed under each
> spreader to become dislodged and permitted that side of the tarp to sag
> pulling the spreader down causing no damage except chipping the side out
> of the shim on that side.   I used the tarp fearing the snow would
> accumulate in the cockpit, turn to ice (as it does here so frequently),
> plug up the scupper and then cause damage to the cockpit.  
>   Rex
>     
> 
> Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>   PS -- Rex, I see more damage done to boats with tarps than without in 
> places where snow falls. 
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> Bill Effros wrote:
>> "after the morning disarray is controlled."
>>
>> Should read "after the morning disarray is forgotten."
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>>
>> Tootle wrote:
>>> Rex, Replacing your broken shim is no harder than it looks. It 
>>> would be
>>> best to replace before hoisting the mast. Over the years, different 
>>> styles
>>> have been used. So, send GBI your broken one and make it attention 
>>> of Rose,
>>> so that Stan does not try to re-engineer it and take two months. 
>>> They will
>>> make a replacement and send by return mail. Getting Rose to control 
>>> destiny
>>> will expedite process...
>>> If you are compelled to call GBI, call in the afternoon after the
>>> morning disarray is controlled.
>>>
>>> Ed K
>>> Greenville, SC, USA
>>> Addendum: http://www.nabble.com/file/6470/rightorlefttoon.jpg
>>> rightorlefttoon.jpg 
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