Rotostay FS7 - is this complete?

[onlyonescapable]

hi there,

Can anyone familiar with Rotostay please take a look at the pic of this on my Twister and let me know if the attachment under the drum is standard? It doesn't look quite right to me. I think it might be Rotostay E Reefmaster FS7. I think there's more than one type of attachment for his particular model?

thanks

 

[Jcorstorphine]

I have a Rotostay but can't remember which type it is (photo attached) You will see it has a very short toggle which brings the drum down closer to the deck.
With your long toggle it will raise the foot of the sail higher to clear the pulpit and deck lines.
I have one observation and that is that there is no locking nut at to top of the toggle. My concern is that the threaded section might unwind. I did see a hole in the side of the toggle and this may be a grubscrew used to lock the thread.

 

[onlyonescapable]

Thanks, really appreciate you taking time to reply. Yes a locking grub screw but my thinking was - should there not be more thread captured for strength? I found a slightly alarming handwritten note after I bought the boat with few legible words apart from 'rotostay broken need part' but it may be historic.

 

[Poignard]

It doesn't look right to me either.

That long thread looks as if it would be better being screwed into a rigging screw (and secured with a locknut),

A rigging screw would allow you to easily adjust the forestay tension.

At its bottom end the rigging screw would need a toggle and fork.

Something like this, maybe:

But I'm not absolutely sure. (see my next post for better advice!)

 

[Poignard]

I believe this man knows all about Rotostay. Might be worth getting his opinion.

 

[onlyonescapable]

Yes my thoughts also regarding the long thread being better inserted into a rigging screw. Thanks for responding and for sharing that link, that's helpful.

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I believe this man knows all about Rotostay. Might be worth getting his opinion.

 

[onlyonescapable]

Apologies, I found the brochure for my model rotostay and it looks correct. Good to have the contact details of a Rotostay expert tho.

 

[neil_s]

The length of thread outside is immaterial - as long as there is enough inside! My Rotostay E has the length adjustment inside the drum assembly, so there might be a locking nut inside the drum for yours. Unwind the reefing line and have a look at the exposed drum - that's where you can access the locking nut on mine.

 

[onlyonescapable]

The length of thread outside is immaterial - as long as there is enough inside! My Rotostay E has the length adjustment inside the drum assembly, so there might be a locking nut inside the drum for yours. Unwind the reefing line and have a look at the exposed drum - that's where you can access the locking nut on mine.

thanks, I'm belatedly making sense of this.