Mike, on my boat the topping lift runs down outside the mast to a block on the port cabin top near the hand rail and then back through a cam cleat at the cockpit, similar to the jib furling line.


Michael McKay

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> On Jul 28, 2024, at 7:35 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I’ve never understood why Stan made the boom topping lift so complex.  On my Rhodes 22, I just attached a 1/4” piece of double braid to the masthead.  I ran this line directly to the end of the boom and attached it to a cam cleat mounted on the end of the boom.  Now, if you want to adjust the topping lift, it’s located right above the helmsman’s head.  This is at least as convenient and ergonomic as the GBI setup and it’s lighter with less windage too.  Think about it before you go to a lot of trouble and effort to rebuild the factory setup.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 1978. Sanford, MI
> 
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> 
>> On Jul 28, 2024, at 4:30 PM, Mike via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone!
>> 
>> My name is Mike and I've had my Rhodes 22 for almost 9 years now. Unfortunately, circumstances kept it in storage for almost of all of that time.
>> I was finally able to get it out this Summer after the last, two-year delay waiting for sails, then having to replace the headsail furler, and then having to have the sails redone (long story, not the point).
>> I've figured most of the rigging out, with the exception of the boom lift. I read the previous comments, but the way mine is done doesn't make any sense.
>> I don't know if the shop messed something up (probably) or if it's just rigged weird. There's a lot of peculiarities with this boat because it was Stan's rental until I bought it in 2015.
>> Many of you have probably sailed on it before buying your Rhodes. It's an older Rhodes with some modern additions and kind of a one-off.
>> The line from the end of the boom runs up through the sheaves at the top of the mast and back down the outside of it, as described in the manual. However, the line then goes through the boom-carriage into the IMF rotating shaft.
>> I am attaching a poorly-drawn representation so that you can visualize it.
>> Furling and unfurling the mainsail, if I remember correctly and it's been a long time, used to be accomplished with the blue and black lines on the bottom of the boom.
>> At some point, part of the boom-carriage broke (hoping that I can still order parts?) and so the front, black line goes to nothing and is routed thru nothing, currently... which complicates trying to figure things out.
>> Routing that line through the IMF shaft and to the carriage would make sense, but the line seems a bit short and space seems tight. "Seems..."
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Mike Blagg
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