[Rhodes22-list] sailing sense #2 or something you already know

[stan]

the upper shrouds take almost all the thrust so any chain plate to only the 
deck (not deck and hull overlap as we now do it) would have to have an 
interior connection carrying the load down to the hull.

ss

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> hi stan
>
> funny you should mention shortening the spreaders to point better...i was
> just talking to marylou and fred about that last Friday but my idea went 
> one
> step further and that was to anchor the shroud on the cabin top.. i was
> originally thinking somewhere near the mast but am now thinking closer to 
> the
> handrails...then i would put in a genny track on the deck....wanted to 
> experiment
> this winter....any thoughts??
>
> tom
>
>
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