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

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Lee,
That's just what you have to do.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>Sent: Jul 28, 2009 3:35 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rigging discussion, extra forestay(s)
>
>
>John,
>
>How would your inside stay differ from what Fred and Mary Lou and others
>have with their UPS rigging?  
>
>Come to think of it, how do you come about with headsails on a cutter?  Some
>of the double forestays are real close together.  Do you need to furl the
>sails back in before tacking?
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>Kent Island, MD
>
>
>jlock wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>> Lake Sinclair, GA
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> 
>> 
>> 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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