[Rhodes22-list] CDI Furler Wire Halyard Snapped - What's at the top?

[Allyn Baskerville]

Sorry folks, but I didn't mean halyard - it was the forestay. I just watched the YouTube video on Silverheels, and the forestay toggle joint broke at the top fitting exactly like this - the genoa also dropped in the water exactly as described in the video.

I measured the forestay, and the wire only is 27' 8-1/4" and with the fittings (from the top of where the toggle joint should be to the bottom of the top threaded part that goes into the turnbuckle) is 27' 11-1/2". I looked online and found one place that said it was 27' and another 25'6". I measured both of the dimensions twice. Does anyone have the dimensions of what this should be?

Someone I know recommended sta-lok, but the smallest I can find the toggle joint is for 5/32" wire and not 1/8". Is there another option, or should I look at the 5/32" option? I don't have a swaging tool. 

Thanks, all.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of ROGER PIHLAJA
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 3:50 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] CDI Furler Wire Halyard Snapped - What's at the top?

Peter,

S/V Silver Heels experienced scenario #1 from my previous post.  If Allyn’s boat experienced the same issue; then, we may have a problem area.  We might want to warn the whole Rhodes list to inspect the toggle joints on the top of their forestays.  From your U-Tube video, your failure looked like a chloride stress cracking fatigue failure.  Such failures are common with 300 series stainless steel alloys in a salt water environment.  They can be early detected by dye penetrant, magnaflux, or ultrasonic testing.  Dye penetrant would be the easiest for the average boat owner.  All boats that sail on salt water would be subject to this issue.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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> On May 28, 2021, at 4:10 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> 
> Allyn,
> 
> I had a similar adventure, and made a video about the problem and the fix.  There's a pretty good shot of the top of the mast in there too.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKIYYFU73s&t=5s
> 
> Best of luck,
> 
> Peter