I had that happen when my wooden mast step started bowing; shrouds got
looser.Replaced the step (it was epoxied oak) with an oily Mexican wood called
"paela" (sp?). Extremely dense, and a bear to cut; wouldn't float. Also
placed a third support between the other two to, hopefully, prevent a similar
occurrence.RonWild CheriC&C 30-1STL
On Saturday, May 19, 2018, 5:34:33 PM CDT, Chad Osmond via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Hi all, our 30-2 is due to splash in a week, and this is the second full
season for us owning it, and it's our first boat, so I'm full of questions.
Originally, a rigger helping us move our boat mentioned he thought the rigging
was too loose and could use a few turns to tighten it up, so we tightened
across the board a few turns.
This year, I plan on using the Selden method, of attaching a dowel 2M up from
the turnbuckles and measuring the stretch in the rods and backstays to get a
better idea of tension, but I'm afraid that I may run out of turnbuckle length,
we were very close to bottoming out the turnbuckles last year, and we still had
floppy lowers at 15 knots close hauled.
Is this rod stretch? fiberglass creeping? Our chain plates are in excellent
condition, so it doesn't seem to be anything related to rot in the plates.
Could the core / aft placement of the mast chocks cause this? How does one
position the mast using the chocks? Equal amounts of space in the deck opening?
level mast (level to what?)
Also, does anyone know the suggested rake for a 30-2?
Thanks,Chad
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