Mike,
Please keep in mind that John's boat was an insurance company write off  many 
years ago. The hull was purchased by my good friend Rodger Rookey and  
totally refit. The mast did not come from GB. Practically nothing remains of the  
original factory equipment. He didn't like the front facing ports so he simply  
glassed over those areas. I could go on and on. Please remember this when  
discussing Rhodes 22's with John.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/13/2008 4:30:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mweisner at ebsmed.com writes:

John,

That explains the oddly shaped backstay triangle.   The standard backstay (at 
least on my 1981) is split at the  masthead.  Your split must be considerably 
further down, somewhere  just above the back of the boom from the look of it. 
The traveler bar just  needs to be longer than on yours.  The R22 in 1981 was 
delivered  without a formal traveler.  The mainsheet was pulled down to a 
lower  backstay tensioner line (see attached) which provides no  fixation.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River,  NY

From: "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com>Sent: Friday, June  13, 2008 2:31 
PM

Shanghai'd Summer stern.jpg

> At 02:13 PM 6/13/2008 -0400, you  wrote:
>>Nice documentation.  I may just add it to my list of  things to do (like we
>>don't already have enough.)
>
>  Keep in mind that I don't have twin backstays.  It's a split
>  system.  I s'pose it would work just as well, but might have to be  longer.
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair,  GA
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