[Rhodes22-list] Head sail repair and broken stay

[Mike Riter]

I pulled the stay off the boat and measured it 4 times. The length worked
out to be 26' 4".  I measured it from the tip of each fitting (fork on one
end and threaded rod for turnbuckle on the other). I've attached a photo
that shows both fittings on either end of the stay.

The Genoa is a 130.

Michael Riter
SV EmmaB
mike at traildesign.com
678-410-8021



On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 8:30 AM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

>
> Sure, let's try that.
>
> Is the genoa a 130 or 175?
>
> stan
>
> On 1/24/20 1:45 PM, Mike Riter wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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