[Rhodes22-list] cross over stays

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Gary,
Another Rhodes on the Eastern Shore! My husband Fred says he used to 
go crabbing at Public Landing. (I said where the heck is Public Landing?!)

Not sure but in the reference you saw, Stan may have been referring 
to the use of the aft lower stays in one version of the General Boats 
mast raising system. We have that version. The aft lowers go to the 
winch end of the crane (the other end of the crane fastens to a piece 
of starboard on the cabin top.) The forward lowers get extenders and 
help steady the load on the way up or down (mast starts from or 
lowers to a crutch on the stern rail). The effect is crossed stays. 
The aft lowers going forward to the crane and the forward lowers 
pointing aft as the mast goes up or down. Newer versions of the 
system use a line from the winch to a bail on the mast. I believe the 
forward stays still get extenders. The aft lowers would just get 
attached and wouldn't come into play except when the mast is vertical.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD





At 09:43 PM 5/19/2009, you wrote:
>My '79 Rhodes Continental has a conventional mast and is raised with 
>the boat on the trailer using the winch, extender pole and pulley to 
>lift the mast from the stern. I am usually short handed to launch 
>and retrieve. While searching the the archive saw a reference from 
>Stan about to using cross over stays to stabilize the mast during 
>raising. I have been all over the archive and can not find any 
>additional info about cross over stays.
>Gary
>s/v Coquina
>Snow Hill, MD (soon to be in the water at Public Landing, MD)
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