So with no sails on, the forestay should be slack? How much? Backstay will tighten the forestay and this should be adjusted during sailing, but how slack is it? I have a turnbuckle on my forestay, inside the furler. I've tightened it in the past but I don't know what I'm doing.
Bob > On 03/15/2021 5:09 PM David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Bob- Forestay tension is set primarily by backstay tension, so there > is no “tension setting”. AFAIK Dave > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2021, at 3:07 PM, Bob Mann via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > When stepping the mast, how tight should the forestay be? > > > > Bob Mann > > Mystic > > 71' 35 mk I > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks - Stu > > > > > > David Knecht > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
