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

[Mary Lou Troy]

This is from memory, but I believe the exterior sliding block is 
attached to at least one and maybe both of the two rings that the 
furling tube passes through.

My thought would be to lower the mast and check out the assembly as a 
whole. It's pretty simple - but it was assembled in 1998 or before. We 
did have one screw back out once - I believe it was where the boom 
gooseneck attaches. We rotated the the ring until we either found the 
hole or made a new hole (I forget, it was a long time ago) and screwed 
it back in.

I'd be worried about what the tube is resting on now.

Best of luck with the repair.

Mary Lou



On 9/24/2018 10:05 AM, Olivier Hecht wrote:
> 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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