[Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question

Fri Mar 7 20:57:21 EST 2008

Mike,

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. 

It probably doesn't seem like a big deal to you guys,
but it looks as if this will  be my first big boat
project....;^)

elle

--- "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> Elle,
> 
> This is from Don Casey, the expert on such
> do-it-yourself repair:
> http://express27.org/articles/stoppingleaks
> 
> A portion of the definitive book on the subject,
> "Sailboat Hull and Deck 
> Repair" by Don Casey, is available on line through
> Google with a 15 page 
> preview at: 
>
http://books.google.com/books?id=isEFQaXQ9vwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sailboat+Hull+and+Deck+Repair&ei=ILbRR6GEKYTCyQTbnaWwBQ&sig=mjkFvcOvtAR76hvo2wUaQk29X7I
> 
> Check out page 10 "Rebedding Deck Hardware" and "A
> Useful Hybrid" addresses 
> some of the problems associated with plastic
> portlights.
> 
> As far as timing, it is easier to perform all of the
> prep at once and then 
> apply all of the sealant at once.  This minimizes
> cleanup times and waster 
> of sealant material.  I was able to remove, clean
> and rebuild (epoxy fill) 
> all portlights and hardware in one day.  I then
> allowed the epoxy to set for 
> 1 week and then resealed and reassembled all items.
> 
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>Sent: Friday,
> March 07, 2008 4:26 PM
> >I also have one leaky port....what is a good source
> to read & see pix obout 
> >how to remove, clean, rebed, etc?
> >
> >  Can one port be done entirely in one day,
> assuming the doer is relatively 
> > intelligent & facile, and forward thinking enuf to
> have all supplies at 
> > hand??
> >
> >
> >  elle
> >
> > 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 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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> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
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