Barry,

Your picture did come through, and that donut piece does definitely look chewed up.  I'm surprised to hear that yours is made of soft material, since that is pretty clearly not an appropriate choice.

You would certainly want to use some variety of high density plastic material to create a replacement.  'Starboard' would one choice.  I believe the general name for this class of material is 'high density polyethylene' or HDPE.  I usually shop for items like this at the McMaster-Carr website.  If Starboard doesn't come in the exact thickness you need, there may be other similar materials that do.  (And consider that precise thickness may not be a critical dimension here.)

Best of Luck,

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On 2023-12-29, at 18:14:59 EST, BARRY RUEHLEN wrote:
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>  Hopefully my picture attaches. I seem to have problems there. In regards to the 
> refurbish of our Rhodes, we have the stringers repaired, and the sole and all 
> cabin parts dry fit and ready to install. We're on the final coat of hull paint, 
> and will be doing some deck gelcoat repair next. As such we are now analyzing 
> the rigging. When we bought the boat a year and a half ago the mast was in the 
> cradle. Most looks to be in good shape. We do have concerns with the donut 
> shaped piece that is part of the mast furling system. The one in the picture is 
> made of some fairly soft material and is pretty chewed up. The question is, has 
> anyone made one and with what material. I thought about starboard which is only 
> slightly thinner. Any ideas? There will be more questions to come. This turned 
> out to be a much bigger project than we thought. I've been following the group 
> mailings, and going through the archives, but I will have more questions soon. 
> Barry Ruehlen
> S/V Perseverance  Rhodes 22 '86
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