Last night after work, I made a few minor preparations and Traci and I stepped the mast. We steadied the rig using the jib halyard and two lines from the mast (just above the spreaders) down to the chainplates. I tied a third line above the speaders which I used as a "measuring tape" to ensure that the rig was centered in the middle of the boat.
Once I had the mast positioned where I wanted it, I cut the shrouds to length and attached the Hi-Mod studs. I started with the lowers, then the headstay, then the uppers.
Looks pretty sweet, I think. Hopefully my sailmaker can come by soon to take down some numbers.
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Looking very good my friend. I hope that Ryan was able to come over today and get those measurements. We need to get the sails rolling now.
I need to get my step ready.
Cheers, Kevin.
did you put any rake into the mast before you cut the forestay?? just rake, not pre-bend
There is not much rake in that picture, but when the sailmaker came over yesterday to measure, we put a modest amount of rake in the forestay---1/8 to 1/4 bubble using my 4-foot level. Is it enough? Who knows, but a new headstay would only set me back $30 or so.
yeah i cant remember how much rake i put in my rig, was just making sure you did put some in though! i have thought about putting some more in to see if we can reduce the submarining in the big swells.
I think the wide angle camera lens is distorting the image there a bit, too.
Looking forward to the finish product and a ride. Nice job Jeff.
hey jeff, can you post some pictures of how you did your turnbuckles? did you get them swaged to the wire?
Hi Andrew-
The t-balls were swagged to the wire at the top and I used Hi-Mod mechanical stud at the bottoms.
Jeff
dalsin at tds dot com
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