[Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question
elle
watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 7 22:34:47 EST 2008
> Using massive quantities of alcohol may slow the
procedure down somewhat.
Why? Does it affect the sealant?? ;^) hahah
elle
--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Elle,
> The post to the list was approximately two years ago
> and was done by Steve
> Little, IIRC. His method involved using large wooden
> wedges and sharpened putty
> knives. I remember something about other wooden
> blocks used to spread the
> pressure out from using pry bars also. You can do
> exactly one port per day.
> Removing it is time consuming, but cleaning up the
> area afterwards takes a
> lot of elbow grease and cleaner. An absolutely
> clean, flat surface is
> mandatory, on both the decking and the port. Good
> luck. Perhaps someone who stores all
> the important postings by category will recall this
> discussion. Using
> massive quantities of alcohol may slow the
> procedure down somewhat.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 3/7/2008 8:57:51 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,
> watermusic38 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> 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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