[Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments

[Geoff Farrell]

Thanks Graham.
On Jun 27, 2013 6:00 PM, "Graham Stewart" <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> I remembered that I had an old 1988 manual for a Rhodes 22 that explains in
> Stan's elegant words how to tune the rig. It might be different for masts
> with internal furling but should otherwise be applicable. It answers the
> question about how tight the shrouds and stays should be.
>
> Any movement of the masthead to the lee will make the shrouds go limp.
> Removing all movement through tension will put an inordinate compression
> load on the mast. I don't like lee shrouds that are so loose that the
> fittings fall apart or that show unreasonable masthead movement but I also
> see no need to use tools other than perhaps a pin through the hole in the
> barrel of the turnbuckle to tighten them by hand. But you should expect the
> lee shrouds to go slack.
>
> Graham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Farrell
> Sent: June-27-13 4:50 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments
>
> When you guys are pointing do you have much slack in the leeward shrouds?
> Geoff
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >      I am with you Rummy.  There is always some play in my stays, and
> > the mast has stood like an old trusty tree.  Even when the freak storm
> > turned the boat over and buried my masthead in the mud last year, the
> > mast stayed fast to the deck.  The marina had to drag the boat out of
> > the mud, and no movement on the mast.
> >
> > Joe Camp
> > s/v John Dawson
> > Bohemia River, MD
> >
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> > >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > >Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:34 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments
> > >
> > >
> > >I don't know anything about the Loos(sp) gauge or even how to use
> > >one,
> > but
> > >300 lbs of tightness on the R22 stays seems absurd to me. None of my
> > >stays are  more than finger tight.
> > >
> > >Rummy
> > >
> > >
> > >In a message dated 6/26/2013 11:20:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >chsyhkr at gmail.com writes:
> > >
> > >I have  had several folks tell I need to tight my back stays more.
> > >When I do  the inner shrouds are affected.  The forward inner shrouds
> > >tighten
> > but
> > >can be loosened with no problem.
> > >
> > >The inner back shrouds loosen  but cannot be tightened enough with
> > >the current turnbuckles.
> > >
> > >I have  read to keep the forward stays at 300 lbs and the aft stays
> > >at
> > about
> > >250  lbs.
> > >
> > >The outer shrouds are fine as they are even with the masts and  stay
> > >the same level of tension as the mast go back or forth..
> > >
> > >Any  ideas on how to address this on the rear inner  shrouds?
> > >
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >David B. Craft
> > >Greensboro,  NC
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