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Home Forums Search Boat Show TSBB Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources More Fun About TSBB	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Clear Cookies View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | sounds like your lowers are too tight Posted By: Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS Date: 8/6/07 5:06a.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: tension problem - when without a backstay (Paul Germain) I haven't had the problem with the mast bending forward unless the lower shrouds were too tight. I have followed the advise given by Peter, http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/santanaarchives/index.cgi?read=934,pillsbury and found that everything works fine except, like George, I find it hard to attach the forstay when the top shrouds haven't been loosened. Last time I used cheater (18" of 1 1/4" pipe) for leverage on the "knife" and managed to step the mast without needing to adjust the tension. I don't know if it is smart to do it that way, but it is quicker than having to loosen the shrouds and retighten every time you step the mast. Seth

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Messages In This Thread

Spreader Bar Concerns/Questions -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/2/07 9:20a.m.

Spreader Bar Concerns -- Tom B Santana 2023C, Tall Rig, Biloxi -- 8/2/07 10:35a.m.

Are you going to have a back stay? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 8/2/07 11:02a.m.

Seth, Yes. -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/2/07 1:02p.m.

back stay -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/5/07 2:39p.m.

no, I still have the original rigging -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 8/6/07 5:05a.m.

Mast rigging -- George E. Norkus, Santana 2023A Tall, SE Michigan -- 8/2/07 12:14p.m.

Thanks -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/2/07 1:07p.m.

DH2331 Spreader Bracket -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/2/07 1:01p.m.

DH2331 -- Tom B Santana 2023C, Tall Rig, Biloxi -- 8/2/07 1:30p.m.

Compression Post for Spreader Brackets -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/5/07 2:22p.m.

A splint? -- George E. Norkus, Santana 2023A Tall, SE Michigan -- 8/5/07 6:06p.m.

One more thing about a splint -- George E. Norkus, Santana 2023A Tall, SE Michigan -- 8/5/07 6:13p.m.

tension problem - when without a backstay -- Paul Germain -- 8/5/07 9:39p.m.

 sounds like your lowers are too tight   -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 8/6/07 5:06a.m.

added extra lower shroud -- Paul Germain -- 8/5/07 9:51p.m.

let me try again -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/7/07 2:48p.m.

how are you going to "fish" it into place? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 8/7/07 3:48p.m.

13 foot pole -- Blake, Santana 2023C, Utah -- 8/8/07 10:40a.m.

compression tube installation -- Tom B Santana 2023C, Tall Rig, Biloxi -- 8/8/07 2:35p.m.

Compression Tubes -- Tom B Santana 2023C, Tall Rig, Biloxi -- 8/6/07 6:21a.m.

 

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