You're not going to appreciably change the rake without shortening/lengthening the forestay and then you'll have to change the placement of the mast shoe on the mast step since the mast will pivot at the partners (deck penetration).
The chain plates can look fine but their attachment to the knees and the knees attachment to the hull can be compromised. Have you checked? I think Ron is probably on to it with the possibility of a determining mast step. Many many owners have posed various repairs and replacement techniques. I would avoid using any form of wood. Mine is an aluminum beam from the factory. It could be manufactured pretty easily by a machinist or welder. If I had to do it myself I would use multiple layers of G10 FRP. Be careful to retain the same fore/aft and side to side placement of the mast shoe. You should be able to inspect the step for deterioration by pulling the floor boards and then use a straightedge to determine step depression. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sat, May 19, 2018, 6:34 PM 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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