[Rhodes22-list] Halyards
Ron Singerman
sail at tds.net
Wed Jun 3 14:10:00 EDT 2009
Cowie,
All I remember is that WM had it on sale. Since I am not interested if it
stretches some, I would not spend a lot of money on this. Most important
is UV protection. Some of the lines you can buy in the hardware store,
although cheap, do not stand up in the sun.
>>ron<<
S/V Serenity
----- Original Message -----
From: "cowie" <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Halyards
>
> Ron:
>
> That's good news, now I need to get up the nerve and lower the mast while
> at
> the dock and install the extra halyard. What type of line and or hardware
> did you use for your spare halyard?
>
>
> Ron Singerman-2 wrote:
>>
>> cowie,
>>
>> On your "new" rhodes 22 you should be able to hook up an additional
>> halyard
>> when the mast is down. There is additional hardware on the mast top to
>> do
>> this. We've done this with Serenity our "not so new" rhodes 22 and use
>> it
>> for our shower as well as flying our club burgee when appropriate.
>>
>>>>ron<<
>> S/V Serenity
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "cowie" <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:25 PM
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Halyards
>>
>>
>>>
>>> R22 2009 with furling head sail and IMF. Silly Question: Does the main
>>> sail
>>> and or head sail have a halyard? I keep my boat in the water at a slip
>>> and
>>> never really took a good look at the mast head rigging prior to raising
>>> my
>>> mast. I can see a hollow groove inside the mast that houses the furling
>>> mechanism but don't see a main halyard. I suppose that the mast needs
>>> to
>>> come down in order to remove the main sail. How about the head sail? I
>>> see
>>> a grooved sleav that the head sail appears to slide into and assume the
>>> sleave is only removed if the mast is down? I assume the head sail can
>>> be
>>> slid down and out of the track but I don' see a halyard? Elton showed
>>> me
>>> a
>>> red halyard that is stowed inside the boat and noted I should use this
>>> if
>>> I
>>> remove the head sail. Not sure exactly how the red line gets used? I
>>> don't
>>> need to take the sails down but am curious how it is done. I am also
>>> thinking ahead to storm season and want to be prepared in case I decide
>>> to
>>> remove the head sail if high winds are predicted. Is the small amount
>>> of
>>> main sail exposed during a windy storm of concern? I suppose the head
>>> sail
>>> sheets could be wraped around the furled head sail to better protect the
>>> sail from flapping, should anything be done to the small amount of main
>>> sail
>>> exposed. I am also thinking it would be nice to have an extra halyard
>>> to
>>> fly a flag and suppose most are attached to the spreaders. I also
>>> purchased
>>> a 2.5 gallon solar shower and am wondering what to raise this with,
>>> penant
>>> halyard or rig something on the topping lift?
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