[Rhodes22-list] Rigging clevis pin & chainplate size

[Rik Sandberg]

Why would one be inserting their pins under tension anyway?

If the designer had intended the use of 3/16th pins he would have specified
3/16th holes.

Rik

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Sheer strength when the rig is under unbalanced stress is what you should
> be
> concerned with.  When one stay goes, will the undersized pin of the stay
> taking up the initial shock and continuous added load hold?  IMHO, ease of
> inserting an undersized pin is way down on the list of considerations.
>
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Alan Robertson <bigal_61 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Not at all. It's easier to replace a 3/16 pin in 3/8 hole when rigging is
> > standing and under tension. Sheer strength of a 3/16 is adequate, the way
> > Stan has designed the standing rigging. The Rhodes is the only '22 with 9
> > stays all on separate chain plates, reducing the tension on each which
> > amazes the riggers at our marina.
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Ellyn and Sam Moore<mailto:smoore at cat4.net>
> >  To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >  Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:44 PM
> >  Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rigging clevis pin & chainplate size
> >
> >
> >   Hi, all,
> >  Does it matter that all the shrouds and stays on my '77 Continental have
> > 3/16 pins, but all nine chainplates have what appears to be 3/8 holes?
> >  __________________________________________________
> >   To subscribe/unsubscribe go to
> > http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list<
> > http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list>
> >
> >  For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives
> go
> > to http://www.rhodes22.org/list<http://www.rhodes22.org/list>
> >  __________________________________________________
> > __________________________________________________
> > To subscribe/unsubscribe go to
> > http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
> >
> > For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
> > to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> > __________________________________________________
> >
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to
> http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
>
> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
> to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________
>



-- 
'There are many things that I believe that I shall never say. But I shall
never say the things that I do not believe.' …. Immanuel Kant