Robert
I think you might have learned the hard way about what rig tune
means in that race we had with the K25 when we got whooped big time,
especially on stbd tack...no good at all if the mast isn't plumb,
right???
I am not sure if anyone can feel tension as accurately as the gage
does it and the less expensive Loos gage for wire rigging ain't too
bad either...i like it, at least it tells me stbd is the same
tension as port but you have to use it right...everybody here, don't
ever underestimate the importance of rig tune for performance, and
that means perfromance as a function of expected wind strength and
as wind strength varies so does optimum rig tension on these older
boats, especially for pointing...y'all have to find out the hard way
by experimenting with your own craft...a gage is essential for that
experiment...Rob has the right gear for tuning rod rigging, he sets
his rig up year after year for what works best on his 32, he doesn't
race Azura so he doesn't vary his optimum rig tension for wind
conditions all that ofeten, maybe a little more tension when the
heavy fall winds hit here...no matter he likes what he got and
that's OK until another 32 on the same point of sail blows him
away...everyone is still learning, me, you and him too, get a gage
and have some fun experimenting...watch you angle to apparent wind
and your speed over ground on the GPS!!!
Dwight Veinot
C&C 35 MKII, */Alianna/*
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
d.ve...@bellaliant.net <mailto:d.ve...@bellaliant.net>
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:40 PM, robert via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
On everything up top on the standing rigging, I now use only SS
cotter pins.....this is because on several occasions, and I can
not explain how it happened, the split rings vanished. Luckily,
nothing fell down before the missing split ring was detected. I
have no explanation how the split rings disappeared but I do
know that since being replaced with cotter pins, there has not
been been a missing pin.
The thread Subject is "rig tuning"......on that note I have rod
rigging and a Loos RT10 tuning gauge is a must for me......I
can't pull on shrouds and tell how much tension is there. Now
someone will chime in and tell me to measure my threads in the
turnbuckles. But how do you initially do that without a
reference point with the benefit of a gauge.
When we were campaigning our Kirby 25, we made rig adjustments
depending on the conditions. We still used a Loos gauge to take
the guessing out of the equation.
I shouldn't admit this but I will.....on my shroud turnbuckles,
I use the small plastic pull/lock strings (or whatever they are
called). Once I get my rig tuned early in the Spring after a
few sails, it stays that way all season unless I adjust it after
periodic checking with the Loos gauge and sighting the mast, of
course.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
With the cover just removed and no launch date set yet.
On 2015-04-28 2:02 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote:
Tim,
How often do you make adjustments? Do you have a tension gauge
for rod rigging?
Joel
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Tim Goodyear via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
I got those (wrap pins) last year - and am very happy with
them - no sharp edges, no messing around with rigging tape
to make adjustments.
Tim
Mojito
C&C 35-3
Branford, CT
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Might give these a try too.
http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|10918|2303303|2303306&id=2546248
<http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1%7C10918%7C2303303%7C2303306&id=2546248>
On Apr 28, 2015 9:48 AM, "Pete Shelquist via CnC-List"
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>
wrote:
A comment was made to me the other day that if an
insurance company sees split rings at the rigs
turnbuckles (vs cotter pins) that coverage will be
null and void. I found nothing in my policy
stating this detail.
Anyone else ever hear of this?
Thanks,
Pete
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