[Rhodes22-list] Problem with Main Sail shackle with screw pin

[Peter and Jennifer]

Yes, your right. Ran out of bronze wire for my bronze turnbuckes on my yawl.
Ditto brazing wire so hence the 12g copper. Just day passages on bays and lakes, no more night ocean runs so keep an eye on things. At least they are not failing yet, unlike my joints..
AARM8T seen on plate on hwy
Peter

> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:34 -0400
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Problem with Main Sail shackle with screw pin
> 
> Peter,
> My personal belief is that copper is to soft a metal to use. Cotter rings  
> are stainless steel.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 6/18/2013 10:41:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> sailer291 at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> l lock  turnbuckes with cast off solid copper wire, free and easy to keep a 
> few bits  on board. Almost lost fwd lower in head seas on a rough day, 
> really bad as my  old viking 28 class was known to have mast weakness at the 
> spreaders. Not fun  to reattach in 5ft seas 5m out on a 70m transit. Been 
> careful re pins, shackes  for last 35yrs.. Forgot the other object lessons as got 
> to cocky as posing as  an old salt.
> Keep leaning as forgot my lessons from my  PPL.
> Peter
> 
> > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:34:51 -0700
> > From:  Marc at babineauins.com
> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Problem with Main Sail shackle with screw 
> pin
> >  
> > Thanks one and all!
> > 
> > Nothing actually broke - the  screw pin worked its way out releasing the 
> mail
> > sail block &  tackle equipment. As a helicopter pilot, I have a pre-flight
> > check  list and spend a fair amount of time checking belts, bolts, nuts 
> and
> >  anything else that can kill me me if it comes loose. I admit that during 
>  the
> > equipment check on the boat, I missed that the shackle pin was a  screw in
> > pin. It will be replaced with a shackle containing a locking  safety pin
> > which IMHO should be standard equipment.
> > 
> >  As for sailing, while new to the endeavor, I did spend three days at  the
> > JWorld Performance Sailing school. There's nothing like leaving a  dock 
> for 7
> > hours a day , sailing in between million dollar yachts in  Newport Harbor,
> > and returning without a motor to develop some basic  skills.
> > 
> > As an aside, does everyone add lock rings to the  shroud turnbuckles to 
> keep
> > them from potentially loosening over the  sailing season?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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