I had a wonderful crew member (and beautiful woman) who totally unbalanced my
(then) Cal 20!
l really hated to see her go. Haunts me to this day!
I guess I should have had a bigger C&C.
Rick
Paikea 37+
BREMERTON, WA
Rick Rohwer
509 306 1094
> On Aug 20, 2019, at 10:18, Rob Ball via CnC-List
Hi David,
Just noticed your note. When I re-stepped the mast this spring I read two
different articles on tuning. The first recommended tuning without the mast
blocks installed and I tried that but could never get the rake correct, so
after reading Cutter's article, I loosened all the shrouds, and
Hi Monty- Thanks for pointing that out. I had read it a while ago, but forgot
about it. One thing I still find confusing is the backstay. With the split
wire backstay, no matter where you have the car, it is putting tension on the
mast. The amount of tension would depend on the tightness of
David,
Check out the article "Rod Rigging -- Generic Tuning" by Greg Cutter in the
Do It Yourself section of the C&C Photo Album and Resource Center. I'm
going through the same process after re-stepping the mast on my 34+ this
spring.
Monty
Scandia
1991 C&C 34+
Annapolis, MD
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015
David,
I'm not sure you can change the rake without shortening the headstay or
moving the foot. I think it is usually shortening the headstay. Why do
you want to change the the rake? Too much weather helm?
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Jul 31, 2015 11:59 AM, "David Kne
I took a good look at my furler, mast, shrouds and stays yesterday preparatory
to trying to do some mast tuning. I am unsure as to the best way of going
about this process and could use some advice.
I found that I was raked somewhere between 18 and 24 inches aft, which is much
too far by all a
