[Rhodes22-list] I just got my new old Rhodes

[Stephen Staum]

I would caution you against Sailing w your aft stays loose. I had 2  
forestays break in my 1st 2 years of ownership b4 learning of the  
importance of proper tension on the shrouds. This is an absolute  
requirement 4 longevity .

Stephen Staum

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On Jul 12, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Kantor <canusmajor54 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi.  I just got a '73 R22 and have I got questions...
> But first on the subject of engines, I installed a mid 2000's Nissan  
> 8hp 2 stroke with remote.  Nice, quiet, powerful.  I live in a land  
> of currents and tides, so I was happy to put one on the larger end  
> on my boat.  Hull size and weight would likely be met by a 5 or 6 hp  
> engine.  I think Stan once mentioned that the larger hp 4 strokes  
> were favorites because of their electric start and remotability.  In  
> mounting the engine, I found a reinforcement on the port transom  
> which was too wide for my motor mount.  The PO had installed a  
> backing plate on the starboard transom, which fit my Fulton motor  
> mount's pattern.  However, it seems to oil can back there.  This  
> boat was manufactured with the engine well in the lazarette.  The  
> starboard backing plate actually covers more area than the  
> reinforcement on port.  Does anyone have opinions or guidance as to  
> where to mount my 60 pound motor?
> The rigging of the stays on my boat seems off.  The backstays are  
> quite loose.  Many inches!  I have no traveller.  Nor can I figure  
> out the backstay adjustment.  There isn't an adjuster per se,  Again  
> the PO said he always ran them very loose, and felt the boat to be  
> quite well balanced.  The halyard is boom end and runs along a  
> traveler wire, just like my Sunfish and West Wight Potter.  I'd like  
> to rig an addjustable traveler with car and wonder how that might  
> rig and be supported by the aft stays.
> The rig is a standard main (no IMF) and a hank on genoa of about 120  
> size (not cut for R22, but borrowed from another craft). The jib is  
> just a couple of feet short from sweeping the deck when it is flown  
> to the masthead.
> Is there a pictorial guide to rigging the boat that I may not have  
> come upon.  I have rread the 1988 manual that is available, but it's  
> not a picture book so I'm lost.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Kantor
> c. 917.825.5380
> sirius1 at canusmajor.com
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