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

[Michael Hellyar]

Good point. Where can I find instructions. There is always something I have not learned yet or learned by trial and error.

Mike Hellyar
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On Jun 19, 2013, at 12:41 PM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> IF the rings are installed correctly, this cannot happen.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/18/2013 9:25:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> michaelhellyar at icloud.com writes:
> 
> Then you  will appreciate this. A ring retaining a clevis pin on the 
> turnbuckle came  loose and the stay was hanging in the stiff breeze. The ring was 
> right there  on the deck. I searched for the pin but could not find it. I 
> had an extra so I  grabbed the stay to re-attach it to the turnbuckle and OMG 
> there was the  clevis pin, yes, still inserted though both sides. No lie ! 
> But it was one of  those days. So, just when I re-inserted the lock ring and 
> secured the  starboard stay,wham, the port stay turnbuckle ring also came 
> off. And guess  what ? Yep. Same thing. The clevis pin was still inserted 
> through both sides  and the ring was right there on the deck. Friends, this is 
> no sailor's tale.  How it can happen must be purely physics and chance and 
> good luck. But I don't  use those rings anymore. Stainless seizing wire. 
> 
> Mike Hellyar
> sent  from my iPad
> 
> On Jun 18, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Leland  <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
>> Borat,
>> 
>> Yesterday  evening a clevis pin and codder ring securing one of my leeward
>> shrouds jumped overboard.  First time that's ever happened.   
> Fortunately it
>> was an easy temporary fix and didn't slow us  down.  Even more fortunate 
> it
>> wasn't on the windward side of a  boat with less shrouds.
>> 
>> I'm amazed at how many things come  loose under the bending and flexing
>> caused by sailing.  A  pre-flight checklist would probably be smart but it
>> would be so long  that the juice might not be worth the squeeze.  If
>> something  comes loose it's unlikely that you'll plummet to your death.  
> I'd
>> say you could limit your checklist to your motor and tiller/rudder but  
> as
>> you've experienced, something like a mainsheet is pretty important  too.
>> 
>> I took the basic US Sailing course out of the Navy  Station in Annapolis 
> on
>> the Academy's old Rainbow knockabouts.   We didn't have motors but there 
> was
>> nothing to hit when we hooked up  to mooring balls.  The JWorld school at
>> Annapolis is just like  Newport Harbor.  Impressive to watch them work 
> their
>> way through  a maze of docks without using motors. 
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>> Kent Island,  MD
>> 
>> 
>> 
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