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hey whats a F11.6 ??

Farr 11.6

When Bruce first drew up the Farr38 (around 1977) he called it a Farr 11.6, not to be confused with the new Farr116.

I meant not to be confused with the 2006 design Farr 11S

 

hey whats a F11.6 ??

Farr 11.6

When Bruce first drew up the Farr38 (around 1977) he called it a Farr 11.6, not to be confused with the new Farr116.

http://www.farrdesign.com/072.htm

hey whats a F11.6 ??

Farr 11.6

When Bruce first drew up the Farr38 (around 1977) he called it a Farr 11.6, not to be confused with the new Farr116.

Thank you for the replies.   As my mast is tapered I'm able to put quite a bit of bend in the mast with my backstay which dramatically reduces upper shroud tension. Would it make sense that the shroud then would need to slide through my spreader vs the shroud trying to adjust the spreader angle / bend.  Longy, your notes suggest a working knowledge of the Farr38 simple rig and kind of supports my gut instinct. When I initially installed the new shrouds I moderately snugged the cap bolts and now I'm having second thoughts...

   Yes, spreader tips need to be locked to the shroud. Spreader must bi-sect the shroud angle so there is no up/down load on the spreader. Also ensure that the spreader root fixture has the same angle built into it. A spreader that is not seized to the shroud can move either up or down, and when that happens you get a vector from the shroud angle that continues the spreader movement. If the spreader gets far enuff out of alignment it will colapse.

    The Farr single spreader rigs will have slack leeward shrouds when the backstay is cranked on-this gives the spreader oppurtunity to wander.