One other benefit from attaching the forestay to the lower position, is that it immediately adds some rake to the mast. I had nearly maxed out my forestay adjustment, and this gained an additional inch or so of adjustment and more rake. I still don¹t have much if any weather helm, so I¹m now interested in hearing more about fore and aft balance, and how that affects weather helm and overall speed. Between me, the motor, gas, 3 anchors, all the stuff in the port locker, etc. I¹m probably loaded heavy to stern. Will moving more weight forward increase the amount of weather helm? Howard M17, #278 On 2/4/03 11:12 AM, "Jerry Montgomery" <jmbn@innercite.com> wrote:
Regarding the M-17 masthead photo, the headstay should go in the lower set of holes, the spin. halyard in the upper, altho if there is no spinnaker halyard there is no reason why the headstay can't go in the upper.
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- From: Doug King <mailto:msog@msog.org> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:16 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Questions on M15 rigging - Bent bolt
This may or may not help, but for what it's worth, I've put up a photo of the M-17 masthead that Howard Audsley sent in earlier for a different purpose. Having never seen an M-15, I don't know if it's the same.
If so, maybe Jerry could refer to it and see if the forestay is in the right position (this is how mine is, too). To avoid opening up a different discussion, the block beneath it is for a spinnaker halyard that Howard knows is in the wrong location (this is the "Before" picture, I'm waiting for the "After").
http://msog.org/qflag/audsley_masthead.jpg
I'd like to have some shots of properly rigged mastheads fore and aft of a 15, 17, and 23 for reference on the MSOG.
Doug
At 08:40 PM 2/3/03 -0800, you wrote:
It surprises me that the bolt bent. Is the bolt set up so that the forestay goes thru a machined slot in the face of the mast and hangs on the bolt on the INSIDE of the mast?
Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Winarski" <winarski@cox.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:04 AM Subject: M_Boats: Re: M_Boats: Questions on M15 rigging - Bent bolt
I noticed that bolt was "bent" when I first got my M15 in 1981. I assumed it was intentionally bent when it was installed so that the forestay would stay centered. I had occasion to remove and reinstall it this past summer when I ran wiring in the mast and did not notice any change (it is now 21 years later).
Stan Winarski m15, #177, Carol II