I am tensioning my rig. It was too loose after I loosened everything to replace the bowsprit. I was recommended to put the forestay and back stay at about 15% of breaking, the uppers at 11-12, and the lowers at 10-12. They said to keep it good and tight so there is no damaging shock loading as the one side goes slack and you change tacks and all of a sudden a lot of force is applied. It makes sense. I was also told that too loose of lowers can cause mast pumping in heavy seas.
So I am tensioning. Of course, the more I tension the forestay the more the bob stay gets tight. It is too short of a wire to check with the gauge, so how do I know if it is too tight? Or just right. Thanks.
How do I tension my bob stay. Cd28
Moderator: Jim Walsh
Re: How do I tension my bob stay. Cd28
My bobstay is solid Navtec rod so it is essentially bar tight. If my bobstay was 1X19 I'd still set it up bar tight. The bowsprit should be a rock solid attachment point for your forestay.
Jim Walsh
Ex Vice Commodore
Ex Captain-Northeast Fleet
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The currency of life is not money, it's time
Ex Vice Commodore
Ex Captain-Northeast Fleet
CD31 ORION
The currency of life is not money, it's time
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Northoceanbeach
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Re: How do I tension my bob stay. Cd28
Makes sense. My rig is tensioned. The aft lowers were super loose. Now everything is up to spec. I feel a lot better about it.
The bobstay is pretty darn close to bar tight, you can push on it with you foot and make a little movement, but not much.
This boat has been kept immaculate, and has a new engine and had the pros come and start it once a month and tidy up, but I don't think there was much sailing. Like I've said in a previous post, the sails aren't from this year, but they feel new and have permanent folds from where they were flaked in the same place for so long.
So the standing rigging probably was left to stretch and hasn't been adjusted in a while. I really feel better about having tensioned it.
The bobstay is pretty darn close to bar tight, you can push on it with you foot and make a little movement, but not much.
This boat has been kept immaculate, and has a new engine and had the pros come and start it once a month and tidy up, but I don't think there was much sailing. Like I've said in a previous post, the sails aren't from this year, but they feel new and have permanent folds from where they were flaked in the same place for so long.
So the standing rigging probably was left to stretch and hasn't been adjusted in a while. I really feel better about having tensioned it.
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Northoceanbeach
- Posts: 99
- Joined: Sep 8th, '14, 00:10
Re: How do I tension my bob stay. Cd28
Makes sense. My rig is tensioned. The aft lowers were super loose. Now everything is up to spec. I feel a lot better about it.
The bobstay is pretty darn close to bar tight, you can push on it with you foot and make a little movement, but not much.
This boat has been kept immaculate, and has a new engine and had the pros come and start it once a month and tidy up, but I don't think there was much sailing. Like I've said in a previous post, the sails aren't from this year, but they feel new and have permanent folds from where they were flaked in the same place for so long.
So the standing rigging probably was left to stretch and hasn't been adjusted in a while. I really feel better about having tensioned it.
The bobstay is pretty darn close to bar tight, you can push on it with you foot and make a little movement, but not much.
This boat has been kept immaculate, and has a new engine and had the pros come and start it once a month and tidy up, but I don't think there was much sailing. Like I've said in a previous post, the sails aren't from this year, but they feel new and have permanent folds from where they were flaked in the same place for so long.
So the standing rigging probably was left to stretch and hasn't been adjusted in a while. I really feel better about having tensioned it.