[Rhodes22-list] Newbie question 1

[Mary Lou Troy]

For any of you folks covering your shrouds or stays, remember to check 
frequently for corrosion as the covers can trap moisture. It's 
particularly an issue if the moisture you are trapping is salt water or 
damp salt air.

When we had our boat, we used the vinyl turnbuckle covers but not the 
shroud covers for that reason. The turnbuckle covers were open at the 
bottom but we did have an issue with the sheet getting caught between 
the part of the turnbuckle that holds the clevis pin and the toe rail. A 
few wraps of rigging tape eliminated that and we did remove that at the 
end of the season.

Mary Lou
ex Rhodes 22
now Rosborough RF-246  Tara



On 9/27/2020 11:22 PM, Gmorganflier wrote:
> Welcome to the list Matt,
>
> I’m a very novice sailer and the Rhodes 22 is my first sailboat. I’ve been
> out on her maybe 9 or 10 times. I have gotten better at getting the big
> genny to switch sides if the winds are at least around 3-4 mph. Less then
> that, I still have trouble unless I furl the sail in a bit.
>
> I’ve experimented with different shroud guards and my latest rendition uses
> pvc...not schedule 40, but whatever the thinner version is. I use 1”
> diameter for the outer tube, 3/4” for the inner tube, a 3/4” cap and 1/4”
> pex up the shroud from there for maybe 5’. I drill a hole in the cap big
> enough to get the 1/4 pex through. To thread the shroud through the 1/4” pex
> and pvc cap you need to take the turnbuckle off so your only working with
> the shroud wire and it’s threaded end.
>
> The 3/4” cap is almost the same diameter as the 1” pvc, but there is some
> slop with the 3/4” pvc moving around inside the 1” pvc. The remedy this I
> used 9 wraps of electrical tape to center the 3/4” inside the 1” and then I
> used sail tape around the joint between the cap and the 1” pvc.
>
> The photo I’m attaching is a screen shot from a video I made this morning.
>
> George Morgan
> S/V Knotty Lady 1986/2005
>
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