[Rhodes22-list] Headsail Furler Cable broke

[Bob Garrant]

Another picture of the same forestay failure

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 1:47 PM Bob Garrant <bgarrant at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was able to replace the forestay cable for the headsailI furler.
> I attached two pictures:
> 1) the terminal from the masthead
> 2) the cable from inside the furler
>
> I’m guessing the cable began to bind within the furler and twisted back
> and forth to unbraid the cable.
>
> Not sure what caused it unless i did overtighten the backstay tension.
>
> Back on the water.
>
> Bob Garrant
> s/v Sail la Vie
>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 11:42 AM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> From your photo, it looks like the terminal at the top of the forestay
>> failed.  But, instead of the threads at the toggle joint, this one failed
>> at the bottom of the terminal where it was swaged onto the stainless steel
>> wire cable.  Was there anything still attached to the masthead casting?
>> Like maybe the rest of the terminal and toggle joint?  This could be the
>> same issue as Allyn and Peter’s boats experienced except at the bottom
>> instead of the top of the terminal.  Or, it could be a failure of the
>> swaged connection.  If you still have the rest of the terminal, could you
>> send a close-up of the swaged joint that failed?
>>
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jun 2, 2021, at 8:56 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Bob,
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what you've got there.  It doesn't look like a CDI furler.
>> >
>> > There's been another recent thread about a broken forestay with the
>> subject line of 'CDI Furler Wire Halyard Snapped - What's at the top?'.
>> Looking through that may provide some insight.
>> >
>> > I made a YouTube video about my experience with a broken forestay,
>> which you can find here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKIYYFU73s&t=5s . My
>> furler is a CDI, so at least some of the video won't be relevant for you.
>> >
>> > Have you tried contacting General Boats?  How about a local rigging
>> company?
>> >
>> > --Peter
>> >
>> >> On 2021-06-01, at 21:56:47 EDT, Bob Garrant wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The cable at the top of my genoa furler broke this morning as I was
>> about to
>> >> unfurl the Genoa. See attached image.
>> >> I would appreciate guidance for replacing this cable.
>> >> I purchased this 2000 Rhodes 22 from Stan in 2017 as a refurbished
>> model. Thanks
>> >> much,
>> >> Bob Garrant
>> >> s/v Sail la Vie 2000
>> >> Kent Island, MD
>> >>
>> >> <a
>> >> href="
>> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20210601/f6641c60/attachment.jpg"
>>
>> >> target="_blank">image_67213825.JPG</a>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
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