[Rhodes22-list] Wind-induced noise in rigging/mast while docked

[Rick Lange]

Hi Al,
Use the topping lift to raise the boom so it lies against
the mast.  A bungie cord will keep the boom from banging against the
mast.
Rick
> Hi Al, 
> We've occasionally heard the
noise you describe 
> with the boat in the slip and the wind
coming 
> from a certain direction. I think it's the wind 
> playing the mast tube across the slot. I have not 
> found
a way to get rid of it. I'd be interested 
> to hear what anyone
else has to say. Several 
> other boats in our marina do this but
Fretless has her own identifiable 
> moan. 
> 
>
Mary Lou 
> 1991 R22 Fretless 
> Rock Hall, MD 
>

> At 02:48 PM 5/14/2008, you wrote: 
> 
>>I
keep my '97 Rhodes 22 on the Boca Ciega Bay of 
>>St.
Petersburg, FL , docked on a lift, with mast 
>>up, at my back
yard seawall, on the St. Pete 
>>Beach island side of the bay.
The dock is fairly well 
>>sheltered around all points,except
the North. 
>>The periodic winter cold fronts blow in from the
North 
>>with 20+ knot gusty wind which produces a 
>>horrendous wailing howl in the rigging/mast. 
>> 
>>While docked, the boat's stern faces NE ; it 
>>seems
to me the wailing noise must be caused by 
>>the wind entering
the IMF's hollow mast groove 
>>and then exiting near the top
producing the 
>>howl, like an organ pipe. I don't think the
noise is from the shrouds. 
>> 
>>Please let me know
if any of you have 
>>experienced or heard of someone else
running into something 
>>similar, with any IMF system. If so,
has anybody 
>>come up with a method to mitigate this problem,

>>other than lowering the mast / derigging or 
>>docking the boat so that the stern (and mast groove) 
>>faces to leeward? 
>> 
>>Your comments
will be very appreciated, so I thank you in advance, 
>> 
>>Al Keblinskas 
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