[Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question

[Peter Thorn]

Hi Fred and Mary Lou,

Raven is an 88, pretty similar to Fretless , so it's no surprise I'm doing
her portlights now also.  They are hard to get out!  I was reading somewhere
(I think in Beckson's instructions) to use only pure silicone sealant.
Isn't Life Caulk polysulfide?  Not sure why it won't work, but just wanted
to pass this on to you FWIW.

BTW, Raven's topping lift is pretty standard, just like your existing one.
To free up a halyard, I think you could mount a cheek block on the aft end
of the boom to turn a masthead dead-ended topping lift forward to tack on a
horn cleat (or whatever cleat you want) on the boom above the companionway.
This should be reasonable adjustable going to windward.    

Fair winds,

PT





-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Fred Kaiser
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:03 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question

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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