[Rhodes22-list] cross over stays

[Mary Lou Troy]

Gary,
Nice part of the world. We've been down that way a few times in the 
last couple of years but not with the boat.

The forward lowers with the extenders do work to control sway (along 
with the shrouds which are also attached before raising the mast). 
This only works if you are raising the mast from the stern rail. It 
doesn't completely control sway but it helps. We usually both are 
around when we are raising the mast so there are usually two people 
doing the work. Fred is usually working the winch and I am ready with 
the boat hook to control what sway there is and to release any snagged lines.

Our extenders are aluminum bars but I believe I've heard of folks 
using chain instead and it may be that some of the GB hoist systems use chain.

Mary Lou


At 10:40 PM 5/19/2009, you wrote:

>Mary Lou,
>Thanks for your quick reply. We're in the middle ground between O.C. and
>Chincotegue on Chincotegue Bay, great spot.
>I don't have the mast crane or use extenders on the lowers. Using the
>trailer winch, I am just looking to keep the mast from moving side to side
>while raising it.  What I am doing is never going to be as elegant as the
>mast crane. I am just looking for a safe way for one person to raise the
>mast on Coquina.
>
>Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> >
> > 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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