[Rhodes22-list] cross over stays

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Andrew,

I approached Stan about using aft lowers for raising the mast a few years ago but did not hear back.  The mast spreader bracket can become distorted over time with the forward pull of thy shrouds.  I considered replacing the brackets from Stan or Dwyer, but have not yet.  Since that time the apparent new norm is use of a bail, mounted on thr mast and reachable with a connecting line with heavy duty hook on each end.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Collins <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
>Sent: May 24, 2009 7:58 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] cross over stays
>
>Gary
>
>I like Todd's advice. My mast raising crane took a walk a couple of weeks
>ago, so I am going to try and raise my IMF mast tomorrow using the trailer
>winch. I see no reason why using the aft lowers to raise (attached to the
>winch) and having the forward lowers attached to the chain plates with 8"
>extensions would not work. This is SOP out the R22 manual. Now all I need is
>a block to put on the bow pulpit rail. I attahced a pdf of the stuff i
>pulled out of the archives a couple of years ago.
>Anybody done this before?
>
>Andrew
>sv Carmen
>
>On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Todd Tavares <sprocket80 at mail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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