I use a bungee cord extended to full length between the halyard and a hole in the toe rail, so I can barely hook it to the toe rail.
Cheers, Randy S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO > On Aug 9, 2019, at 5:33 AM, David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I recently did some more mast tuning with my new/old Loos gauge and have one > addition to all the guides I read that I think worked very well. The > question is how to tell when the mast tip is centered side to side. In most > guides you use the main halyard and measure the point where it touches some > reference point on either side. I found this difficult to reproduce on the > two sides. At the suggestion of a local sailor at my club, I got an > inexpensive hanging scale > (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZWNGZFO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZWNGZFO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1>) > and looped the hook through my halyard shackle and used that to determine > when the mast was centered. I would pull it down until it touched the > chainplate and note the weight and then repeat to the same point on the othe > side. It worked very well (and I was off a bit). Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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