Steve, Others have given you good advice. Just count the turns on the shrouds as you loosen the rig. Use a pry bar to move it forward. No biggie.
I put shims under my mast by loosening the rig, placing a vehicle jack under a winch, lifting it and sliding the shims under the butt. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I made a stupid newbie mistake when we stepped the mast. In my defence it was > a busy, windy, choppy day and we had to hire a crane to come to the club to > step everyone's mast .. and I helped everyone, so when it came time to do my > boat I was kind of on autopilot. We stepped 29 masts that day. > > So I failed to remember that there are wedges fore and aft at the mast base > that keep the mast centered in the step. My girlfriend says to me the other > day while pointing at a pair of wedges in the boat .. did you forget to put > the wedges in the partner? Um, no I did not. Then I realized my mistake and > took a look at the mast base ... the mast is seated all the way aft. I guess > this would cause some forward rake? I'm all ears in regards to how this might > affect the rig, sail shape, etc? > > In any case, I'de like to center the thing and put the wedges where they are > supposed to go. I know I can loosen the tension on the rig and I've used > halyards in place of the forestay and shrouds on previous occasions to fix > this or that but even with the rig tension way down is the weight of the mast > itself going to prevent me from sliding it forward about 1.5 inches? What > would be the correct order to loosen the rig? Backstay, lowers, uppers? I'de > rather not futz with the forestay if I can help it but I did just disconnect > it about a week ago to fix a kink in the furler so I'm not shy to do it again. > > Any help/recommendations are much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
