Dwight,
The mast on a Nonsuch is a tapered composite tube which is much more flexible
than our aluminum masts. Under breeze, it bends to unload itself.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: dwight veinot <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 10:25 AM
>Subject: Stus-List standing rigging
>
>Over the last few weeks we have had several posts on standing rigging,
>including shrouds and shroud tensions, baby stays, check stays, back stays,
>fore stays and also on the mast itself and the spreaders on our C&C designed
>boats.
>
>All this stuff needs regular inspection and sometimes insurance companies
>insist that parts, in particular shrouds or turnbuckles be replaced after an
>unspecified number of years just in case.
>
>I notice that those big Nonsuch boats carry a huge mainsail on a mast that
>as far as I can see is unsupported by any standing rigging.
>
>My question is how that unsupported rig carries the forces on it without
>breaking while our sloop rigged C&C's need such relatively elaborate
>standing rigging.
>
>Anyone know??
>
>Dwight Veinot
>C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
>Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of O'Keeffe Thomas
>Sent: August 11, 2012 11:38 AM
>To: [email protected]
>
>
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