Rick,

Do you recall if you were experiencing any issues with maintaining tension on the shrouds?  FRP does not normally just fail catastrophically like that with no warning.  20 knots of wind is well within the safe operating window for a Rhodes 22.  As a long time Rhodes 22 owner, I'm trying to understand if we've really got an issue here.  Remind me, how old was your Rhodes 22 at the time?  How long had you owned it?

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2023 11:52 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anchoring

Hi Roger,

It was 10 or more years ago and I hired the repair, although I do recall
the plate itself did not fail and pulled clean out.  So it was the
fasteners or the bedding for them that failed.

I was beating hard into a heavy chop, winds about 20 kt.  That's a lot of
sway and pounding for the IMF mast.  Along with the repair, I added a
compression post and had stringers installed under the inner edges of the
cockpit benches.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 6:38 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Rick,
>
> Tell us more about how one of the upper side stay chainplates failed
> suddenly and without warning.  I agree it’s hard to inspect the way it’s
> glassed in.  However, if the FRP substrate failed, I would expect it would
> get “mushy” first.  Similarly, if the stainless steel chainplate itself
> failed, I would expect it to gradually get weaker as the pitting and cracks
> extended.  Either mechanism would cause a situation wherein you would have
> issues with maintaining the shroud tension.  After every sail, the shroud
> would be loose.  Since you claim the failure happened suddenly without
> warning, please tell us what happened.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> Sent from my iPhone
>