[Rhodes22-list] Standing rigging thickness

[Mary Lou Troy]

If the original rigging lasted 40 years, I don't believe there is a 
reason to change. I believe the standard recommendation is 15-20. We 
got less than that out of ours - perhaps due to the boat being 
trailered and the rigging being coiled and uncoiled a lot - and of 
course with the recycled boat, the rigging was probably original to the boat.

Hand tight is all that it takes on a R22. We have a Loos gauge but 
use it more out of curiosity than anything else.

If you have had problems with the cabin deforming or cmpression 
posts, you may want to make sure those problems are 
corrected/stabilized before you do new standing rigging as the 
measurements could change.

Best,
Mary Lou

At 01:16 PM 2/15/2014, you wrote:
>  My side stays have no play left in them at all. I ran out of turnbuckle
>adjustment last yr and had only 180 lbs. of tension on the wire. There is no
>indication of cracking or failure at any chain-plate location. I tightened
>the side stay chain-plates this last season they looked fine. The original
>stay probably came with the turnbuckle set half way in (I believe that is
>the standard unless you order them special) so my stays must have stretched
>at least 1 "  over a 43 yr period. With the boom up one reef in 150 Genoa
>50% reefed in 12 kn winds heeled 12-15* the lee side stays are not loose,
>they are dangling in the breeze. 5 yrs of sailing in and I'm comfortable
>handling the boat in that set up but these stays just bug me. A small cost
>and weight penalty vs a 50% increase in load capacity, piece of mind, and
>knowing how hard Rummy has pushed the original. I'll capsize the boat before
>the rigging fails. Perhaps a compromise do the fore-stay and side stays in
>5/32 and the baby and back-stays in 1/8.
>
>PS; Graham you are correct to much tension is not good but to loose is not
>good either. In keeping the mast up the rigging transfers wind energy to the
>hull to drive the boat. It takes energy to stretch a wire, that's energy
>that's not driving the boat.
>
>best
>John S
>
>
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