[Rhodes22-list] Radar?

[Peter Nyberg]

Tom,

That’s an interesting point.  In thinking back now, I can clearly recall that I considered the position of the mast crutch roller to be a fixed point in the design. I think I figured that Stan put the roller where he did for a good reason, and my design should come as close as I could to putting the roller in the same place.  This may have been a case of just wanting to nail down one aspect of the design in order to reduce the number of variables. 

In any case, the cutout gives me place that I can stick my head up above the rest of the frame, and doesn’t seem to have reduced the stiffness of the arch.

But I doubt that raising the mast crutch roller a few inches would have caused any harm either. 

Peter

> On Aug 14, 2020, at 6:03 PM, Thomas s <talmorin at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> After watching a bit of the video, instead of the cutout for the boom, could you not have simply made the mast crutch a few inches higher?
> Was there some factor driving a hard-maximum height?
> 
> Tom
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> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 3:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Radar?
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Since my boat is at home on the trailer, it was easy to snap a few pics, which hopefully will be attached.
> 
> There is also, of course, a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMTMRPYyom8
> 
> Peter
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>> On Aug 14, 2020, 10:16 AM -0400, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>, wrote:
>>> Peter,
>>> 
>>> Do you have a photo of the solar arch?
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Peter Nyberg
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:11 PM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Radar?
>>> 
>>> Mark,
>>> 
>>> Well, I have that whole solar arch construct I built on the back end of the boat to support my two 100 watt solar panels. As I recall, the radome is pretty light (~15 lbs?), so the arch shouldn’t have any problem supporting that as well.
>>> 
>>> Without an arch, I’d say a pole mounted to the transom would be the way to go. I see a lot of sailboats with a radome mounted that way. I think there would be room between the rudder and the swim ladder, without limiting the swing of the rudder at all.
>>> 
>>> —Peter
>>> 
>>> 
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