[Rhodes22-list] Anyone know what this part is?

[Olivier Hecht]

Thanks Mary Lou and Jay. That picture and description helps a lot. I’ll
have to see if I can get that larger block with the quick releases away
from the mast to reinstall the block or if this is finally the reason I
will have to lower the mast after 3 seasons!

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 4:56 PM Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Sorry to be late to the party. We were out cruising around. ;-)
>
> It's the bottom stop for the fuler attached to the In-Mast Furler/boom
> attachment block. The part that raises and lowers the furling tube with
> the boom attached. I think the disk at the bottom of the furling tube
> rests and spins on it.
>
> Here are some photos of the furling assembly disassembled. You can see
> how it screws into the block. We think the holes for the screws were
> just tapped into the block so it probably just vibrated loose, probably
> enlarging the screw holes in the back of the block as it did.
>
> Mary Lou
> ex R22
> now Rosborough RF-246
>
> On 9/23/2018 11:24 AM, Olivier Hecht wrote:
> > And where it goes?  It’s a plastic block about 1”x2” with two long screws
> > through it.
> >
> > I was raising the pop top yesterday and this fell to the deck. It seemed
> to
> > come right from the mast/boom/gooseneck area but I didn’t see exactly
> where
> > it came from or an obvious place for it.
> >
> > I did not notice any effects while sailing for four hours. It looks like
> a
> > stop of some sort, maybe when the sail is lowered in the mast?  I didn’t
> > see any mounting holes when I looked in the mast, though.
> >
> > Olivier
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