[Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question

[Hank]

Fred,

Be careful leaving the blue tape on for too long.  I was doing some
varnishing on my old boat and left the blue tape on for about a month and it
left a nasty residue that was very difficult to get off.

Hank


On 3/7/08, Fred Kaiser <fkaiser at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>
> I am re-bedding all port and starboard ports. A couple were leaking
> last season and we decided to re-bed all.  They have been removed,
> cleaned up from residual sealant, the spider cracks around the screw
> holes sealed with epoxy and I'm waiting for warmer weather to re-bed
> using Life Seal Sealant.
>
> Fred
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
> At 01:24 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
> >Mary Lou,
> >
> >Why the blue tape around the windows?  Are you re-bedding the the
> windows?
> >
> >Hank
> >
> >
> >On 3/7/08, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just got to the boat and back before the rain.
> > >
> > > Here is the portside turning block. Topping lift comes from the
> > > masthead and through this block to the cam cleat on the cabin top.
> > > One screw on the padeye also holds the plate for the tang for the aft
> > > lower. The other is just into the fiberglass.
> > >
> > > Mary Lou
> > > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > > Rock Hall, MD
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 12:22 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
> > > >Hank (and John),
> > > >Our masthead has double sheaves on the front of the mast and double
> > > >sheaves aft. Our topping lift runs from the boom end to the aft
> > > >masthead sheave, over the front sheave and down to a block on the
> > > >port side near the base of the aft lower stay (I'm going to have to
> > > >go look at the boat to see exactly where this is) and from that block
> > > >to a cam cleat on the port side cabin top. It works well. You can see
> > > >the cam cleat on the cabin top in the attached pic.
> > > >
> > > >Mary Lou
> > > >1991 R22  Fretless
> > > >Rock Hall, MD
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >At 11:42 AM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
> > > > >While we are on the topic of topping lifts, how do most of your run
> the
> > > free
> > > > >end of the topping lift?  With the way the sheave is situated, it
> comes
> > > out
> > > > >inside the mast and I am afraid of it getting wraped up in the
> main.
> > > > >
> > > > >Actually this happened once and we had to drop the mast to fix
> > > it.  Since
> > > > >then, I have run some rigging tape around the mast below the sheave
> and
> > > the
> > > > >topping lift now goes outside of that so that it stays away from
> the
> > > > >furler.
> > > > >
> > > > >Hank
> > > > >
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