[Rhodes22-list] Spreading it thin(ly)

[Rick]

They're just nylon spacers you can get at your hardware store.

Rick

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Andrew Collins <
sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nope, a local mechanic made them.
> Andrew
>
> Sent from mobile device.
>
> On Oct 23, 2012, at 13:00, Ron Lipton <ronald.lipton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I need to replace mine as well. Did you get the shims from Stan?
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On Oct 23, 2012, at 17:01, Andrew Collins <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The spreaders come with an asymmetrical white plastic shim out of the
> factory. There is some movement but less than a wobble. My shims were
> replaced last year as one had broken in half and the other was cracked. To
> replace these the IMF has to come out so one can unscrew the spreader base
> from inside the mast. Mine is an 86 with IMF.
> >> I did sail for one season with a home made shim that was u shaped that
> I merely slipped over the bolt entering the mast.
> >> Andrew
> >> Sv Carmen
> >> Greenwich CT
> >>
> >> Sent from mobile device.
> >>
> >> On Oct 22, 2012, at 21:16, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> 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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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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