2011-05-19; 13:36:40 EDT
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Ben, Take the whole assembly to a rigging shop (or west marine) and they can duplicate it for you, length and size. We replaced Bob Keller's about five years ago. Same thing happened, but we didn't lose the sail. I don't remember if you have the GBI furler or the CDI????? Rummy In a message dated 5/19/2011 12:41:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes: Does anyone know about how our forestays are rigged? We were at the 3 minute flag before last night's race when I heard a pop and watched the genny fall into the lake. It gathered up quickly, and we had a good seat to watch the start before motoring in. I didn't drop the mast last night, but from looking at the top of the sail, the steel cable of the stay seems to have broken. I guess there is a part or two that I haven't repaired or replaced yet, after all. I'm guessing that I just need to get a new piece of cable, run it through the furler, and attach the top and bottom somehow. It's that somehow that has me scratching my head. If anyone's done a similar repair, I'd love to hear about it. Ben S R22 Velvet ElvisSee the original archive post