[Rhodes22-list] Re design of Rhodes Interior and elimination of compression post.

[Eric Sandberg]

Hank, John S,

Moving the stays inboard will not change the stiffness of the boat. All that
will change, is the load on the stays (upward) and the mast step (downward)
which will increase quite dramatically.

Assuming no change to the shape of the hull, there are really only two ways
to make your boat a stiffer sailer. Add or move ballast lower in relation to
the center of gravity. Or, lower the center of effort of the sail plan.

Rik

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:25 AM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> Hank,
>
> You are correct, the load must be transferred to the bulkhead and the
> bulkead needs to be securely attached to the hull/deck/cabintop to
> distribute the load. In addition since moving the stays inboard will reduce
> the mechanical advantage, the boat should stiffen up a bit with regards to
> heeling. The load on the stays will increase so I would also consider
> moving
> up to 5/32 wire rather than using the standard 1/8
>
> John S
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