[Rhodes22-list] Jib sheet locations

[David Culp]

Mary Lou:

Thanks for the good picture and excellent description of the lead and cleat
locations.  This "side-deck cabin" track is something that I would like to
add to my boat (1998).  Interestingly, it already has the cabin top cleat
and bullseye lead but I have had no need to try it.  I noticed that your
side-deck track just has a bullseye and no block.  So do you just run it to
the coaming block and then the winch?  Also, I have cam-cleats at the bottom
of each of the handrails (port and star) shown in your picture-I have no
idea what they are really for, except they are excellent for holding fender
lines.

Does anyone use a whisker-pole or an asymmetrical spinnaker on their
Rhodes?  Being on a lake, the pole would be handy I think.

Thanks,
David Culp




Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:36:09 -0400
From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Jib sheet locations (was: Close Haul
       Question)
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John,
The coaming track is next to the cockpit and the winches. Different
era boats seem to have different length track. Ours goes from the
front of the coaming (just aft of the cabin) to adjacent to the winch.

The side deck track runs alongside the cabin. I've attached a picture
but I haven't had any luck getting pictures through to the list so
I'll copy you on it directly.

The cabintop lead consists merely of a lead with a cam cleat - no
track - if you get the picture you can see the cleat between the
cleat for the topping lift and the poptop. There's a bullseye lead
further forward that I think we use with this but without a better
picture or being at the boat I don't recall. We haven't used the
cabintop sheeting arrangement enough. Usually when we get winds high
enough to make it useful, the waves are big enough that we don't want
to be out in it.

Hope this makes things clearer.

Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD