[Rhodes22-list] Spreading it thin(ly)

[Richard Beytagh]

Hi Joe

It is quite normal to have wobbly spreaders. As long as the bases
are secure there needs to be a little movement in the spreader.

IMO

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone:
>
>      My sailing season (some may remember) was cut short on August 4 by a
> small twister on the Bohemia River (MD) that sucked out my cabin hatch door
> and flipped the boat over.  This ended up damaging the mast, and
> finally...today...the new one is on the boat.  But since the season ends in
> eight days, I had the rigging company who did the repairs leave her on the
> trailer and button up for the ride back to PA.
>
>      The rigging guy mentioned that he was perplexed by the nature of my
> spreaders, in that they wobbled around on the mast, and actually pointed a
> bit aft.  He felt that they should be pointing directly port and starboard.
>  I said that they have always had that wobble in them.  Is this right?
>  Does our boat possess this quality in the spreaders (the wobble)?  He
> suggested I devise some thin shims to go between the spreaders and the
> mast.
>
>      I am the sort of guy who tends not to doubt Stan's design choices.
>  (This not only seems like a wise course, given his vast experience, but
> also avoids the Cranky-Stan Syndrome).  Since I have never been right
> trying to second guess him, and he's always been right when (lovingly)
> correcting my misperceptions, I like to go with that winning formula.  So
> Rhodies, should I shim out the spreaders, or let the status quo be the...
> well, you know, the status quo?  Thanks.
>
> Joe Camp
> s/v John Dawson
> (soon to be in my side yard in)
> Hatboro, PA
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