[Rhodes22-list] Spreader wedges.

[Ellner Rod]

Are the small wedges for the spreaders readily available somewhere.

Rod
Toy Blew
On Oct 22, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Richard Beytagh wrote:

> 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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