[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Rigging

[Ed McNamara]

Thanks guys. My worries are over. 😂

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 9:30 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> I don't think there's any explanation that you're missing.  My boat as it
> came to me from the GB factory after recycling has 5 shrouds threaded one
> way, and one shroud threaded the other.  It would be less mentally
> challenging to rig the boat if they were all threaded the same way, but
> other than that, I can't see that it makes any practical difference.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On 2023-02-15, at 20:26:09 EST, Ed McNamara wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for replying Graham. I guess I wasn’t clear in what I was asking.
> Two of
> > the threaded ends of the shrouds have right hand threads and two have
> left hand
> > threads. I know the turnbuckle has both and that the stubs (technical
> name?)
> > threaded in at the opposite end of the turnbuckles  have to have the
> opposite
> > thread of the shroud end. But why would the shrouds not have all LH or
> all RH
> > threads. I can’t think of a rational explanation for 2 of each but
> wonder if I’m
> > missing something.
> >
> >
>
>