[Rhodes22-list] Boom Car

[Bill Effros]

Lee,

It is necessary to Velcro the car in place when not in use, or to wrap 
the main sail around the mast and strap or tie it on.  You can get away 
without the Velcro for a lot of days in a row, until one day...

I flogged a main sail to death one time.  It got loose.  Don't know 
how.  Even with the Velcro wrapped around the boom there is sometimes 
slippage.

Bill Effros



Leland wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Go to:  http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/tech.html
>
> Scroll down about six screens to "Outhaul on Raven (Gary Sanford)."  Click
> on the picture to enlarge.
>
> If a stainless steel boom car is that thing with the white wheel that slides
> on the top of the boom, then the outhaul lines simply run under the wheel.  
>
> Bill said, "I slide my boom car to where I want it using my hand and then
> let the 
> friction hold it in place.  This has worked best for me.  I Velcro the car
> close to the mast with sail furled.  This stays in place when I'm not there
> for weeks at a time.  I wrap and strap the sail 
> around the mast for big storms."
>
> Good advice.  If I don't slide the car back to the rear of the boom before
> unfurling the main, the car can get stuck and prevent the sail from
> unfurling.  It probably isn't necessary to Velcro/tie the car close to the
> mast, but it takes away a lot of my worries.  If your mainsail furling line
> ever comes loose off of the cleat, the wind could blow the sail right out of
> the mast.
>
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Kent Island, MD
>
>
> Bill Effros wrote:
>   
>> Good question Michael!
>>
>> I've been asking it for 10 years, and still can't get a consistent answer.
>>
>> What does your boom car look like?  Photo would be good.
>>
>> I slide my boom car to where I want it using my hand and then let the 
>> friction hold it in place.  This has worked best for me.
>>
>> I Velcro the car close to the mast with sail furled.  This stays in 
>> place when I'm not there for weeks at a time.  I wrap and strap the sail 
>> around the mast for big storms.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>>
>> MichaelT wrote:
>>     
>>> When I acquired my Rhodes last September, the boat did not come w/ a boom
>>> car. Essentially the outhaul was looped to the clew of the mainsail to a
>>> block at the end of the boom. Jay Friedland pointed this missing part
>>> when
>>> we met this summer. 
>>>
>>> I finally received my stainless steel boom car from Stan. Question is how
>>> to
>>> run the outhaul lines?
>>> Initially  I went from the boom block to the boom car to the clew and
>>> finally back to the boom block. It didn't seem right as the car kept on
>>> slipping. So this time, I went from the boom block, to the boom car to
>>> the
>>> clew and BACK to the boom car then to the boom block. It seems to be more
>>> solid (no slipping) I just did this last night while docked. Then again
>>> the
>>> true test will be out sailing. Is this the right way? If not, what is?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Michael
>>>   
>>>       
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