[Rhodes22-list] Shroud and Stay adjustments

[Shawn Boles]

Hi:

According to the manual (p 5 Tuning the Mast), you first get back stays and
jib stay adjusted,using the tension line on back stays. They need to be
very tight  What is ',very tight'? - it appears to vary with the boat but
one way to tell if they are too loose is if the jib stay sags to leeward
while sailing. It should be in line with the mast.

 Then do the upper shrouds aiming for vertical mast with roughly equal
number of threads showing on port/starboard turnbuckles. Then do the 4
lower shrouds, again looking for roughly equal tension - I keep upper and
lower shrouds hand tight. The only real tension is on the jib and back
stays. I keep uppers a little tighter than lowers -  finally seize the
upper and lower shrouds so they don't loosen while bouncing around at the
mooring or while sailing.

When you sail the shrouds on lee side are loose, and weather shrouds are
tight.

Hope this helps.

Shawn
S/V Sweet Baboo (Recycled 86)
PS Is there a copy of manual online? if so, where?


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:36 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Joe,
> Yes, there is slack in the leeward shrouds.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/27/2013 4:50:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com writes:
>
> 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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