Rigging

Posted By: Tom Ray
Date: 5/19/09 3:41a.m.

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In Response To: Thanx for the responses! (Jim Pietrovito P-21 "arb JimDandyII")

If you really want to get into it, you could tune the rig on your boat. The most important results if it is out of tune would be sufficient forestay tension and a straight mast. Search the archives here for old posts by Tom Scott, or go get Tom Scott's book about his P-18. Most of what he says applies to all the Precisions. If your forestay is not tight enough, it really affects pointing ability. A bent and/or tilted mast doesn't really affect sailing that much, other than possibly making the boat perform better on one tack, but has to be harder on the equipment. Get it all right, and you and your boat will be happier. If you get into doing that, you'll have to raise the CDI furler up to get to the turnbuckle on the forestay if it needs adjustment. Put the sails on it and take it for a driveway sail on a calm day.