[Rhodes22-list] Rigging Tension Advice

Rick sloopblueheron at gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 19:25:27 EDT 2012


Hand tighten the shrouds.  Upwind, you want the forestay tight.  Downwind,
loose.

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 5:04 PM, butterchurn <amazingmisterx at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Rick,
>
> How much tension do you put on the shrouds and stays?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron
>
>
> Blue Heron wrote:
> >
> > Ron,
> >
> > To adjust the 6 shrouds, hold the stay with pliers and tighten the
> > turnbuckle by hand.  Use the back stay tensioner for the fore and back
> > stays while sailing, depending on your apparent wind.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, butterchurn
> > <amazingmisterx at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I will be setting up Ozone for the first time shortly.  Once I step the
> >> mast,
> >> what do you advise I do to make the proper standing rigging adjustments?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Ron
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