that does not sound good...can't imagine the mainsail working well with the topping lift holding the boom off the dodger. I believe that you will need to shorten that forestay, you could try opening the forestay adjusting turnbuckle all the way and measure how much that opening is (inches), then shorten the forestay by about that measure...I would say 15 inches of rake is a bit much with no tension on the backstay, actually I believe 12 inches would be good enough IMHO...so with no tension on the backstay under your current setup what is the rake, I am assumimg that is not how you got the 15 inch measure for rake, but if you did get 15 inches of rake with no tension on the backstay and the boom still rides to low on it aft end then you may need some adjustment done on your new sail
Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Joe at Zialater via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Howdy listers, > > > > Last year I had my forestay replaced (for a new roller furler) and it > ended up being longer than the original by maybe about 4 or 5 inches . I > have adjusted the forestay all the way down but I still need plenty of > backstay to keep it all tight. So now my mast rake is about 15 inches at > the boom. I don’t have a ton of weather helm but it’s hard to be sure > because I replaced the old main at the same time that I redid the forestay > and the new sail is much more efficient. The extra rake also lowers the > boom so I need to use topping lift to keep it off the dodger. > > > > So…..how many inches of rake do you have? And what would you consider > optimal? I will have to redo the forestay to fix this but it may be worth > it. > > > > As always, I appreciate all the opinions and advice! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Joe Boyle > > 30 MK1 ‘ZIA’ > > Annapolis > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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