[Rhodes22-list] Slim's Stern rail ...

[Steven Alm]

Ed,

Nope, I'm not going for the captain's chairs.  I prefer the original and
Stan has a second hand one I think.  The Harken furler is not "Just a little
more money."  It's a lot more and I don't need two head sails.

Slim

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
> Wrong side, if it happened on other side, you could leave and say it was a
> special design for the swim ladder.  Well bit the bullet, go for a new
> stern
> rail that has Captain's Chairs.  Unfortunately, I do not think that the
> holes match up.
>
> That broken stay fork is the best job I recall seeing.
>
> Why not go for the best furler?  Go Harkin so you can have two sails out at
> the same time?  Just a little more money.  However, I would suggest that a
> good aluminum mechanic could straighten that bend keep that in mind if
> insurance does not want to pay.  Show Stan and Rummy picture by direct
> mail.
>
> Remember, "A boat without a ding or more is not being used."
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> Addendum:  "How many in the media have expressed half as much outrage about
> the beheading of innocent people by terrorists in Iraq as they have about
> the captured terrorists held at Guantanamo not being treated as nicely as
> they think they should be? "  Thomas Sowell
>
>
>
>
> Steve Alm-2 wrote:
> >
> > Looks like I'll be getting a new jib furler.  The tube was bent and
> > could be mostly straightened but the "bearings" were shot and even
> > with new bearings, even a slight wobble in the tube would creat the
> > same problem.  The stay was being unwound and wound over and over and
> > the entire stay was kinked inside the tube where I couldn't see it.
> > The stay broke just a few inches from the lower end--very
> > suspicious.  It was obviously ready to go anyway.  I'm going with a
> > new CDI flex furler.  Still waiting to hear if insurance will cover it.
> >
> > Some pictures below.
> >
> > Slim
> >
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