Rig tension
Postat: 21 nov 2008 12:46
Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a nice little M26 which I am very happy with. But last weekend, I was laying in the v-berth looking up through our foredeck hatch and noticed that the mast has a bend to port above the spreaders. So the starboard capshrouds need a bit more tension. Or the port capshroud needs slacking off.
I'm quite practiced at doing that but am always a bit hesitant to put more tension on without knowing whether I'm approaching any kind of limit. Does anyone have any good rule of thumb as to when the tension is enough? I'm not planning to do more than the occasional fun race so looking after the gear is more important to me than extracting the last fraction of a knot of boat speed.
Regards,
Max
I recently purchased a nice little M26 which I am very happy with. But last weekend, I was laying in the v-berth looking up through our foredeck hatch and noticed that the mast has a bend to port above the spreaders. So the starboard capshrouds need a bit more tension. Or the port capshroud needs slacking off.
I'm quite practiced at doing that but am always a bit hesitant to put more tension on without knowing whether I'm approaching any kind of limit. Does anyone have any good rule of thumb as to when the tension is enough? I'm not planning to do more than the occasional fun race so looking after the gear is more important to me than extracting the last fraction of a knot of boat speed.
Regards,
Max