Great call Mike.  In those "fun times" the little things can get overlooked
making it worse.

On Sat, May 29, 2021, 9:43 AM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> I would like to add an additional caution to those who experience a
> rigging failure that causes a sail to deploy fully or partially. Please
> refurl the sail as well as possible and strap and secure it to the mast
> BEFORE attempting to lower the mast. A small amount of sail will catch the
> wind, espescially higher up the mast, and, could make the process of
> dropping the mast just that.
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> ROGER PIHLAJA
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 9:33 AM
> 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,
>
> You are probably right.  That leaves it up to individual owners to do
> their own inspection.
>
> We’re fortunate our boats have those forward lower forestays or this issue
> would bring down the rig.  It’s bad enough to have your genoa go into the
> water.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 29, 2021, at 9:20 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > ?Roger,
> >
> > My boat was built in 1988.  It seems unlikely that the failed forestay
> would have been original.
> >
> > The boat was last recycled by General Boats in 2016.  There's no telling
> how many times it was recycled prior to that.  I don't think year of
> manufacture will help us identify a defective batch of swaged terminals.
> >
> > Peter Nyberg
> > Coventry, CT
> > s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
> >
> >> On 2021-05-29, at 06:44:50 EDT, ROGER PIHLAJA wrote:
> >>
> >> Peter and Allyn, what year are your boats?  You can tell from the W/C
> >> registration number on the transom.  Do you know if the forestays
> >> have ever been replaced?  I’m wondering if we have an issue with
> >> chloride stress cracking fatigue due to hours of use or perhaps a
> defective batch of swaged terminals?
> >> If your boats were made around the same time, we could have a
> >> defective batch of parts.  In any case, it certainly wouldn’t hurt
> >> for everybody to take a close look at the toggle joint at the top of
> >> your forestay.  A dye penetrant test would be best; but, at least
> >> look closely with a magnifying glass for tiny cracks &/or rusty
> >> reddish brown discoloration on or near the threads.  If you see
> >> anything like this, I recommend you immediately replace at least the
> >> threaded component of the toggle joint, assuming you can get it
> >> apart.  If you can’t get it apart; then, replace your whole forestay.
> >> Chloride stress cracking fatigue is one of those failure mechanisms
> >> that can proceed very rapidly from hardly anything visible to total
> failure.  The failure will likely happen when your rig is heavily stressed
> – i.e. just when you don’t need problems!
> >>
> >> Roger Pihlaja
> >> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> From: Allyn Baskerville<mailto:<a
> >> href="http://rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list">allynb at
> >> adsne.com</a>>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 7:47 PM
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:<a
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> >> st at rhodes22.org</a>>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] CDI Furler Wire Halyard Snapped - What's
> >> at the top?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Roger. I'm dropping the mast in the morning and will let you
> know.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>