[Public-list] Tabernacle

[Gordon Laco]

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> Gordon -
> I would like to see them - can you send them to George Dinwiddie for the
> website?
> 
> Mike
> Rinn Duin #272 
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> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Tabernacle
> 
> 
> Hi Bob - 
> 
> A tabernacle is a type of mast step.  It involves two fairly massively
> constructed cheeks, port and starboard that in our boats would be approx. a
> foot or more high.  The whole assembly would act as a hinge allowing the
> mast to be swung down aft.
> 
> Picture the cheeks as having a base with vertical plates welded at 90
> degrees and set up so that the are just far enough apart so that the mast
> will stand between them.  Then picture the mast as having a hole drilled
> through it for something like a 1" diameter pin.  The pin would go through
> similar holes near the top of the tabernacle cheeks near the top...in my
> example that might be about 10" above the heel of the mast.  When assembled,
> the mast would be held with its heel slightly above the old step, which is
> now the base of the tabernacle.
> 
> If you were to want to raise or lower the stick without recourse to a crane,
> you would be able to run a halyard forward to the bow, then release the
> forestay and the forward lower shrouds.  By easing the halyard you can lower
> your own mast, the base pivoting on the tabernacle pin.  You can raise the
> mast the same way.
> 
> Sounds great...
> 
> But.  If any sideways movement on the part of the mast happens on the way up
> or down, you can either tear the tabernacle out of your cabin top or bend
> the mast (imagine the leverage).  Or, imagine a dismasting; you stand a good
> chance of tearing the tabernacle and a chunk of the cabin top out of the
> boat instead of just losing the rigging companont that failed.  And, I think
> they are ugly, but that is my problem!
> 
> I think that they are terrific for small boats that raise and lower their
> sticks often, and for motorsailers with stumpy rigs on boats that go under
> bridges often... I think that for boats like ours they open more potential
> problems than they solve.
> 
> Bye the way - did you want to see pictures of my vang, and anchoring tackle
> setup? Did I ever send you photos?  I just found some.
> 
> Gord
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Gord,
>> 
>> Besides being in the choir, what is a tabernacle?
>> 
>> -bob
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org
>> [mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Gordon Laco
>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:27 AM
>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Tabernacle
>> 
>> Have a drink and think about something else! ;)
>> 
>> I guess I am not a great fan of them - but make your own choice.
>> 
>> Cheers - Gord #426 Surprise
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi All.  I've currently got it in my head that I'd like to fit Kalitsah
>> with
>>> some sort of tabernacle arrangment.  Does anyone have any experience,
>> advice
>>> or opinion on the subject?
>>> 
>>> I guess it must be freezing cold for you guys by now.  35 degrees (C) and
>> 20
>>> knots last weekend out on the harbour here; couldn'tbe better!  There's
>>> always room on board for travelling Albergers.
>>> 
>>> David
>>> Kalitsah 440
>>> Sydney.
>>> 
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