adjustable forestay
Mar 23, 2015 1:43:23 GMT
Post by dralyagmas on Mar 23, 2015 1:43:23 GMT
I am about to rerig my mast on my SF37 as the insurance company says its due (11 years old).
It currently does not have an adjustable forestay that I have been thinking about changing. I use the furler and plan to keep it so want to know how people rig it to be adjustable and whether there is enough room under the furler to fit a bottlescrew.
I want to change it because I think its too loose. I hate cranking on heaps of backstay to straighten the forestay in a blow as it slows the boat down. I have tightened up the caps which has helped but I would like the flexibility to actually adjust it rather than just a fixed length.
I havent had the rig professionally tuned as there is a real lack of people around my parts to do this, but I have been having a go using a Sydney 38 as a rough guide.
It currently does not have an adjustable forestay that I have been thinking about changing. I use the furler and plan to keep it so want to know how people rig it to be adjustable and whether there is enough room under the furler to fit a bottlescrew.
I want to change it because I think its too loose. I hate cranking on heaps of backstay to straighten the forestay in a blow as it slows the boat down. I have tightened up the caps which has helped but I would like the flexibility to actually adjust it rather than just a fixed length.
I havent had the rig professionally tuned as there is a real lack of people around my parts to do this, but I have been having a go using a Sydney 38 as a rough guide.
