What are the symptoms of an uncentered mast? I have noticed that I regularly see slower speeds on one tack (I need to pay more attention to confirm which tack) even after trying to tune the sails well, and under regular wind/current conditions. I don't have a knot meter, and only use Navionics for GPS speed, but it has happened often enough that it makes me wonder... -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:33 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) > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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