[Rhodes22-list] Head sail repair and broken stay

[Mike Riter]

The boat was/is still under warranty when the problems happened. Art is
right on the money, the stay separated right where the cable meets the
swagged end of the fitting.
Thanks for the info Richard.

Michael Riter
President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
mike at traildesign.com
678-410-8021



On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 3:14 PM Art Czerwonky via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Mike,
> Do you have a warranty that would make GB responsible for replacement of
> the stay?  I suspect that the crimp at the end of the stay was defective
> when you received the boat at delivery.  Big potential safety issue if the
> stay failed in a strong wind.
> Art
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
>   On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:48 PM, Richard Stott<ric at stottarchitecture.com>
> wrote:   With all due respect to Stan and his team.
> You can purchase a new shroud from Defender
> https://www.defender.com <https://www.defender.com/>
> If you remove and send them your old one, they will reproduce it with new
> turnbuckles to exactly the right length for a reasonable price.
> Check their website and give them a call.
> They’re very friendly and helpful
> Now’s the time
> ric
> sv Dadventure
> Hampton Bays
>
> Richard Stott, AIA, LEED AP
> www.stottarchitecture.com
> Office    631-283-1777
> Cell        516-965-3164
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 21, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Mike Riter <mike at traildesign.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Rick. That's the address I've mailed many times with no response.
> >
> > Michael Riter
> > SV EmmaB
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 1:22 PM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> Contact Stan at:
> >>
> >> stan at generalboats.com
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Rick Lange
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 11:22 AM Mike Riter <mike at traildesign.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a recycled R22 that I bought from GB in July of 2018. It's a
> great
> >>> boat and I'm super excited to own it. My wife and I along with our
> golden
> >>> retriever have had some great adventures in it.
> >>>
> >>> The head sail (genoa) failed last April while on a sail. I was able to
> >> jury
> >>> rig it and get back but it turned out to be a temporary fix. A short
> time
> >>> later one of the stays popped several strands and is hanging on by only
> >> one
> >>> or two. I contacted Stan about the problems and he replied that they
> >> would
> >>> take care of it. I was out of town for work at the time and let him
> know
> >> I
> >>> would get in touch as soon as I was back. Well, I've now been trying to
> >>> contact him frequently for a few months now and am not getting any
> >>> response.
> >>>
> >>> Stan I see you post on here regularly and knowing you have problems
> with
> >>> your email sometimes, I'm hoping you will see this and we can get the
> >>> issues resolved.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to getting back on the water!
> >>>
> >>> Michael Riter
> >>> SV EmmaB
> >>> Danielsville, GA
> >>> mike at traildesign.com
> >>> 678-410-8021
> >>>
> >>
>
>