[Rhodes22-list] Rigging discussion, extra forestay(s)

[John Lock]

Art's addition of a furling spinnaker attached to the reinforced bow  
pulpit reminded me of a sail plan change I have been contemplating.   
So I thought I would run it by the list for comments.

I saw an article recently about a guy (on a much larger boat) who had  
added an inner forestay about six inches behind the main forestay.   
This ran to a mast "hound" (it was called) on the mast six inches  
below the masthead where the main forestay attached.  The result was a  
hank-on jib stay running six inches inside the main forestay.  He used  
this for a smaller, working jib and furled a big genoa on the main  
forestay.

So I was thinking.... could this be applied to the much smaller Rhodes  
as well?  Attachment to the mast is easy.  Attaching a strong point to  
the deck just behind the furling drum is the tricky part.  I might be  
tempted to add this to fly a 110% jib for upwind sailing and replace  
the big genoa on the main forestay with a furling UPS for offwind.

But I don't know how to calculate the load on the inner forestay and  
engineer/install a deck attachment that would be strong enough.

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On Jul 28, 2009, at 13:20, Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
> This rig addition is in place for a furling spinnaker but applies  
> also as a 'backup stay' for the forestay and furling genoa.  A 1/8'  
> SS wire is fixed to the masthead in front of the forestay and  
> brought to, and fixed to the front tip of the bow pulpit.  This bow  
> pulpit fixture (can be as simple as a SS sliding jaw, $4.99 at  
> Marineparts.com) has a 5/32" SS wire which is then fixed to the bow  
> eye assembly below.  Call this a cheap sprit-like option, if you  
> will, but provides a backup option.