allweather
Member
Hi, I finally am about back to going out on the water after a two or so health related break and thought to rig everything up and trim yesterday in preparation.
Then noticed that apparently I forgot even more than I thought.
Issue is that I don't get the numbers I expect and reach the limits of the adjustment screws. I reckon I just need to play around with the three stays until it works again, but have no idea where to start right now and could use a heads up if anyone spots the obvious problem.
Right now if I set things for winds 20kn+(survival for myself) I get rig tension measured with the loose gauge as follows.(second LG is just one digit higher across the board)
Forestay 31
Uppers 18,5
Main 31
Lowers 24
Prebend 205mm
First of all, Prebend is measured using the distance between a halyard touching the lower spreader and the gooseneck, correct?
I expected to see 300mm ish prebend and tension on the main shrouds to be around 35 as well as the lowers not above 20.
But as is I can not ease the lowers anymore to get the tension right as well as create more curvature and am puzzling over what I am clearly doing wrong.
My next idea would have been to go up a few holes with the uppers, tighten the lowers significantly and loosen the main shrouds and see if that gets me anywhere.
But as said, trial and error and yesterday it was getting dark by the time I called it a day and to seek outside advice first.
Then noticed that apparently I forgot even more than I thought.
Issue is that I don't get the numbers I expect and reach the limits of the adjustment screws. I reckon I just need to play around with the three stays until it works again, but have no idea where to start right now and could use a heads up if anyone spots the obvious problem.
Right now if I set things for winds 20kn+(survival for myself) I get rig tension measured with the loose gauge as follows.(second LG is just one digit higher across the board)
Forestay 31
Uppers 18,5
Main 31
Lowers 24
Prebend 205mm
First of all, Prebend is measured using the distance between a halyard touching the lower spreader and the gooseneck, correct?
I expected to see 300mm ish prebend and tension on the main shrouds to be around 35 as well as the lowers not above 20.
But as is I can not ease the lowers anymore to get the tension right as well as create more curvature and am puzzling over what I am clearly doing wrong.
My next idea would have been to go up a few holes with the uppers, tighten the lowers significantly and loosen the main shrouds and see if that gets me anywhere.
But as said, trial and error and yesterday it was getting dark by the time I called it a day and to seek outside advice first.