[Rhodes22-list] Head sail repair and broken stay

[Mike Riter]

How about if I remove the stay and measure it and send you that
measurement? That would seem to be somewhat accurate and the most
expedient.

The head of the Genoa is dry rotted (long term sun damage is my guess) and
the strap holding to the top of the mast broke. The result was the sail
slid down the furler tube and jammed up against the furler. I couldn't use
the line to furl it and had to go forward and wrap it by hand. A short term
repair was applied by returning to the marina, lowering the mast, punching
a hole through the thickest part of the head and tying it back to the mast
with a short piece of 1/4" line. This allowed us to finish the trip, but
hasn't held much past that.

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



On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:19 AM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

>
> Mike, sorry you didn't make it here.  Sending the stay is no problem,
> sizing it close enough could be.  Two suggestions: We send one and if it
> is beyond the leeway provided by the top adjusting fitting we do another
> per your telling us it should be plus or minus X inches.  Or ship us
> your damaged one to duplicate.  I am good with either way.
>
> Tell or retell me about the sail,
>
> Half my problem is everyone thinks I am still 92 instead or 94. The
> other half is that with my brother gone and now my bride of 70 years,
> for the moment this is now a one manager operation.
>
> stan
>
>
> On 1/22/20 12:20 PM, Mike Riter wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply Stan. I am back in the sunny (and cold!) south. If
> you
> > would be so kind as to send the new stay to me at the shop. The address
> > there is 800 Homestead Rd, Danielsville, GA 30633. The broken stay is the
> > on the starboard side and runs through the shroud to the top of the mast.
> >
> > If you could let me know when it ships I would appreciate it. That way I
> > can be sure that someone here is looking for it.
> >
> > What did you want to do about the head sail?
> >
> > 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 5:04 PM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> Thanks for liking your Rhodes.
> >>
> >> I have not seen the several emails you refer to.  Were they sent to:
> >>       stan at generalboats.com  (stan at rhodes22.com is long since not
> >> received.)
> >>
> >> I do recall getting an early email from you re some non-pressing issue
> >> which I responded to asking you to stop by the plant on your way back
> >> from WI to GA but I do not recall ever getting your response to that
> >> suggestion.  If you are now back in GA we can ship you a new stay with
> >> guidance on installation should you need that.  As a default member of
> >> our new Rhodes Owners Cooperative (ROC) the stay is a free replacement.
> >> Since our emails have been running afoul, in case you missed it, we have
> >> a third web site dedicated to Rhodes Parts and Services
> >> www.rhodes22parts.com Since, by its very nature, this site will never
> >> cease being under construction, it is kept published for whatever value
> >> it can provide to the ROC community while under perpetual building.
> >> When you get a chance, visit it and join the Rhodies criticisms,
> >> productive or otherwise.
> >>
> >> There are a few additional sites coming, covering other ROC members'
> >> future benefits.  Will keep you posted.  In the meantime, should you run
> >> across any he, she or they, that you may think may have an interest, I
> >> am still looking for partnering for GB's second 60 years, now that we
> >> have all this experience.
> >>
> >> stan
> >>
> >> On 1/21/20 11:21 AM, Mike Riter 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
> >>>
> >>
>
>