The yard's travel lift is small enough (height and length) that in order to
balance the weight of the boat on the slings the lift has to move forward -
towards the boat's center of gravity. The cross bar that connects both
sides of the travel lift will run into the backstay. I used to disconnect
I have the split backstay arrangement as well. Probably the yard guys didn’t
push the adjuster up all the way to the split when they were reattaching the
backstays. Just a guess.
Gary
St. Michaels MD
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They said was that there were only a few threads engaged on the turnbuckle and
they were leaving it to me to tighten it further. I thought Josh’s idea to
take tension off the backstay with the halyard makes a lot of sense. I will
take a look at that today. I know the backstay adjuster was mos
Ditto Josh's solution.
Keel step rig. No issue with back stay off in calm or light conditions. If in
doubt use main halyard aft to block it.
Dennis C.
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> They said was that there were only a few threads
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Ditto Josh's solution.
Keel step rig. No issue with back stay off in calm or light conditions. If in
doubt use main halyard aft
Ditto on mine. As well, unless you turn the boat upside down you can take all
the stays off. Light winds of course. Mast isn't going to fall out of the cabin.
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Date: 2017-05-11 09:26 (GMT-04:00)
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David:
When my two back stay turn buckles are tensioned to where I like them,
no adjuster pulled on, there is approx. 2" showing on each one on the
inside of the turn buckle.I thread both sides of each turn buckle
equally.
When attaching to the back rail when stepping the mast, both are
Dear listers- Thanks for all the advice and observations. I actually worked on
it for a few hours yesterday afternoon and now I really don’t know what is
going on. I checked the mast with no backstay on and it still showed a few
inches of rake. The forestay had a significant arc to it and fel
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Dear listers- Thanks for all the advice and observations. I actually wo
ence
Halifax, NS
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Dear listers- Thanks for all the advice
Or perhaps toggles? Either on forestay or backstay?
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Backstay length and tension
Or are you
+1 for checking the clearance between the aft of the mast and the mast collar.
If the forestay is loose the top of the mast may be slightly forward.
Going by mast rake is difficult unless the boat is floating to spec. You can
take an
initial reading with a digital level by comparing something tha
Mike and Pete get the points for this one if we are keeping score. I had to
replace one turnbuckle (fell in the river while trying to attach with the
threads at max) and I missed the fact that there was supposed to be a toggle on
the end. That extra 3” might be the difference. I am not sure i
Subject: Re: Stus-List Backstay length and tension
Mike and Pete get the points for this one if we are keeping score. I had to
replace one turnbuckle (fell in the river while trying to attach with the
threads at max) and I missed the fact that there was supposed to be a toggle on
the end. That
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