[Rhodes22-list] Sail Plan Changes

[John Lock]

At 09:50 AM 11/2/2007 -0500, Brad Haslett wrote:
>I've seen that rig somewhere on the net but can't find it now.  Another idea
>is to borrow from the Hoyt rig.  Why couldn't you suspend a boom made of PVC
>pipe above the deck with line passing through the end of the boom with
>stopper knots that limit the travel of the boom?  What does the Hoyt jib
>tender use for travel stops?

The Hoyt jib tender appears to have a block at the end of the jib 
boom.  A sheet passes from the front pivot joint back over the block, 
then to a cleat in front of the mast.  Adjusting the sheet length 
adjusts how far the jib swings.

The difficult part of making that out of PVC would be the pivot joint 
attached to the deck.  But you could easily "borrow" the rigging from 
the Hoyt design.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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