[Rhodes22-list] Stay there!

[Rod Ellner]

I have used jamb nuts for years , no problem. It is easy to see if the are loose. None ever has . Remember one left hand nut & one right thread for each turnbuckle

Rod

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On Mar 31, 2011, at 9:14 PM, "Mark Osterbrock" <mark.osterbrock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe,
> Remember ,even when your rigging is tuned correctly, when you sail to windward even in moderate breezes your leeward shrouds will develop a certain amount of slack. Sometimes sailors tighten turnbuckles when they see slack on the leeward shrouds on both tacks so there is no slack while sailing to windward. &nbsp;This can cause too much compression at the base of the mast and damage your boat.
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> -- Sent from my Palm Pre
> On Mar 31, 2011 2:29 PM, Joe Camp &lt;jjcampjr at yahoo.com&gt; wrote: 
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> Hey all:
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>     Does anyone use lock nuts on the stay turnbuckles?  I was out a couple of 
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> weeks ago in some really severe winds and noticed that my starboard side stays 
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> had too much play in them.  I got them tightened down, but had the worst 
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> happened with all of the mast movement, I may have been fishing the whole damn 
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> rig out of the water.  Thanks.
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> Joe Camp
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> s/v John Dawson
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> High Point, NC
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