Not sure about your question, but the plastic coated wire for a backstay would scare me... Be sure to check for corrosion. My 35mk2 manual states 2200psi i believe as the maximum pressure, and there is a chart which shows what tension this equates to. HydraTech tensioner, made in Vancouver. Mine is now holding pressure again, but I have no mast to attach it to at the moment...
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 17:21 Robert Abbott via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Any advice/help appreciated....my 32 has a split backstay....SS rod down > to the split where it is now wire coated to the turnbuckles....no > hydraulic gauge to measure pressure....every year when stepping the mast > the backstay is attached and I tension the two turnbuckles before any > after manual tension available...by looking at the mast, feeling the > forestay, and the backstay,....and I use my Loos RT 10 gauge....I know > meant for the rod rig shrouds and not to measure tension on each side > of the plastic coated wire split backstay. I estimate it to be 1,000 > to 1,100 lbs. the way I am doing it but who knows. > > Is there a better way to determine what my at the slip backstay tension > could be? > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - #277 > Halifax, N.S. > > 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
