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

[John Lock]

Aha, I forgot to mention that that inside stay is removable.  I.E. it  
has a shackle or other arrangement that lets you detach it from the  
deck and clip aside out of the way when not in use.  Hmmm... maybe  
this is getting too complicated.

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 14:19, Hank wrote:
> John,
>
> How are you going to tack the genoa through only 6 inches of space  
> between
> the two forestays?
>
> Hank
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:14 PM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>> Lake Sinclair, GA
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
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