[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Rigging

[Todd Tavares]

It only matters if you have OCD like me. 😂

I bought new Lewmar 14 self-tailers and the handle turns counter-clockwise
to tighten the sheets. The drum still turns clockwise. I'm not sure if I
even want to install them... you know, lefty > tighty... That will drive me
nuts.

Todd T


On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 9:58 AM Ed McNamara <edmc18 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>