[Rhodes22-list] Rigging the main sheet

[Todd Tavares]

Tom,

The main sheet set up is the same as most main sheet or boom vang
configurations.

The connection to the end of the boom hasn't changed much over the years,
and is a tang hanging loosely from the end casting of the boom. Without
looking, I can't remember if its a 4 to1 or a 5 to 1 set-up.

The  traveler set-up has changed several times over the years though. The
earliest ones I've seen on the boats I've owned (a 1974, 1976 and my
present 1984) have/had a single wire going between the backstay chainplates
with enough slack to form in inverted V over the tiller. Riding on that
cable was a traveling block with a shackle to attach the lower block and
cam assembly of the main sheet tackle. Some, like my 1984 were rigged with
a second set of blocks captured on the backstays; below the backstay
tensioning blocks, as a rudimentary way to tow the mainsheet to windward.
The previous owner of my boat (Lloyd Crowther) just eliminated the inverted
V cable and simply used the line as a traveler (see pic)
They next version of traveler had a 1" SS tube set between stanchion caps
captured on the backstays where the older version blocks were. This type of
tube traveler was used for many years.
The final version of the traveller is the one Robert has pictured. There
was a year of so just before that Stan had a couple of failed attempts
before settling on Robert's model.

I will try to post pics this evening of the otherversions/styles of
travelers.

But what if anything, do you have now?

Todd T

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023, 8:11 PM Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> The 1978 Rhodes 22 I bought in July was missing any sort of mainsheet
> rigging. That is my next project to tackle. Has anyone seen an R22 rigged
> with a traveler and mainsheet installed at the entrance to the passageway -
> like some smaller Catalinas? It seems like an awkward place for it to be
> but practical for handling the mainsheet.
>
> I am a bit baffled when I look at pictures of R22s with travelers and
> blocks rigged between the rear stays at the level of the stern rail. Can
> someone explain the setup and hardware for that.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom Hyatt
> S/V Eliza Jane
> Baltimore
>
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