I have the same issue, I "fix" it by Velcro lashing an extended boathook up the port shrouds. I have to have it just right, otherwise it only reduces it slightly. Drives me nuts.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 18:24, Robert Abbott via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Doug, > > Operative words..."only with a wind blowing"...it is most likely the rig > singing to you.... so how do you stop it....it did on my boat when I was on > a mooring...first I changed the rig tuning (shroud tension loosened off a > little)....worked for a while but not completely....reset shroud tension > and then took ordinary white tape and wrapped it around my 4 shrouds (6 to > 8 wraps per shroud) approx. 8' feet from the deck...silence. > > Probably not a UFO causing your rig singing...now you have to figure out > how to stop the rig from resonating in the wind? > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - #277 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2021-05-18 9:18 p.m., Doug Mountjoy via CnC-List wrote: > > For the past couple of months I have had a harmonic noise that sounds like > a UFO. It appears to be coming from the mast, but only with a wind blowing, > light or otherwise. > Being moored across the bay from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard first few > times I heard it, had me looking outside for UFOs. I don't think its wind > in the rigging. > It just started this year when I got back from my 5 month road trip to > Florida. > Is Rebecca Leah punishing me for being gone so long? > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > Doug Mountjoy > Port Orchard YC > Port Orchard, WA > Rebecca Leah > 1988 LF39 > > > 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
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