[Rhodes22-list] Lost My Headstay and Furler

[Curtis Ruck]

Not sure if the IMF Mast changes things, but with my CDI furler, its just
wrapped around a standard 1/8" stainless forestay.  On my '79 it is just a
professionally crimped fitting on the cable, and a 1/4" pin attaching the
forestay to the masthead.

Hearing your story though makes me want to replace my 1/4" pin in the
masthead as it was fairly bent... 10-15 degree angle, though given the
width of the pin, the bend may be intentional to keep it from sliding side
to side.

Curtis
Havre de Grace, MD
s/v Ruck It

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 8:00 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> I went down to Groton today to do a boat project and go for a short
> afternoon sail.  Winds were light and I was just puttering along in
> Fisher’s Island Sound when there was a loud snap and the next thing I knew
> my 175 genoa was floating in the water along side my boat.  The bottom was
> still attached at the bow, but the top was no longer attached to the top of
> the mast.
>
> This is a CDI furler, and an IMF mast.
>
> I managed to get the motor lowered and started, the main furled, and then
> the genoa stashed along the port gunwale.  The very top of the roller
> reefing assembly was still dragging in the water behind the boat, but I was
> pretty sure that it would remain clear of the outboard prop.
>
> With all that done, I was able to motor calmly back to the marina and pick
> up my mooring.  Before leaving the boat, I lashed the genoa more securely,
> disconnected it at the bow, and shifted the whole package forward a bit so
> that both ends were out of the water.  What I didn’t think to do, for some
> reason, was to inspect the top of the furler assembly or the top of the
> mast (using binoculars) to get a better sense of what had failed and what
> might be required to put things right.
>
> I have disconnected the furler assembly from the mast several times in the
> past, but now can’t really recall what the connection looked like.  In
> looking at some things I found online, it would seem that I should expect
> to see some bits of rigging hardware (part of the actual forestay)
> extending above the plastic top cap of the CDI assembly.  I’m pretty sure
> that at the moment there is nothing that extends beyond the top cap, which
> if true would suggest that the forestay itself has failed.
>
> Of course the good news in all of this is that the mast has remained more
> or less vertical through the entire process.
>
> I won’t be able to pull the boat out of the water, drop the mast, and
> inspect things more closely until Monday.  In the mean time, I’m left to
> wonder what hoops I’ll need to jump through to get my boat ready to sail
> again.  Any insights or advice from the list would be greatly appreciated.
> And, as always, a picture is worth 1000 words.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
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