[Rhodes22-list] cross over stays

[Todd Tavares]

Gary,

   I think maybe you are overthinking this a bit . If you have a standard
mast, it cant weigh more than 50 or 60 lbs empty of sail and boom. But
what I have done is attach eyelets to the side of the mast about 6' up
from the base. You can attach lines from the eyes to the cabin top
handrails even with the mast (MacGregor style "baby stays") similar to
the method outlined in the mast raising instructions on the Rhodes owner
page http://www.rhodes22.org/doclib/Rhodes22-1988-MastHoist-Raven.pdf.

  If you want to go one step more, then instead of tying the lines off to
the cabin top handrails, run them through a loop it the handrail, bring
them foreward and tie them off right near the winch.  That way if the
mast leans when raising, just put pressure on the opposite line and hold
the mast vertical.

Todd T.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: foredeckguy
  To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] cross over stays
  Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:45:53 -0700 (PDT)



  Stan,
  I am appealing to you for details about cross over stays, in
  particular the
  chain length and which side of the mast to cross the forward inner
  stays.
  This is a conventional mast using the the trailer winch thru a pulley
  to
  lift the mast but doing this short handed, keeping the mast vertical
  is
  really important (and I don't want to guess and either loosing the
  mast or
  damaging stay. I saw your post from last year but no one responded on
  da
  list with details.
  Thanks, and good Memorial Day
  Gary s/v Coquina


  foredeckguy 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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