[Rhodes22-list] Newbie question 1

[Rick Lange]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PR-SAILBOAT-SHROUD-TURNBUCKLE-COVER-PVC-STAY-MAST-12-SLEEVE-SAIL-BOAT-DINGHY/274501059378?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3D2d994ca8cfbf405daf63b50442deaec0%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D303566663284%26itm%3D274501059378%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic%26brand%3DSail&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 4:29 PM Ken Simolo <kensimolo at gmail.com> wrote:

> For shroud covers, I used the 1/4” PVC tubing used for RO systems and sold
> in hardware stores etc.  Our hull has blue bottom paint so I used blue PVC
> tubing.  In order to make the installation easy, I made a simple jig - I
> took two small pieces of 2 x 4 and screwed their two flat faces together.
> Then I  drilled a slightly oversized hole crosswise in the seam where the
>  blocks of wood meet.  Loosened the screws and slipped a utility blade
> between them near the back edge of the drilled hole with the sharp point
> sticking half way down the hole and the sharp edge facing the front.  The
> first couple of inches along the length of the hole just serve as an
> alignment for the tubing.  Then just start the tubing into the hole and
> pull on the split tubing as it comes out.  Harder to describe abd took
> longer to write this than to do actually do it.  To install, I just pried
> open a split end, pushed it up the shroud a little bit, wrapped in blue
> electrical tape to keep the tubing closed, then pushed more on until the
> tubing reached the spreaders.  I know I taped the ends but I believe I
> taped it every so often as well.  It worled real well and I have received
> many comments about how nice it looks.
>
> Ken
>