Jerry, on my M-15 (hull 189... met you at Folsom Lake) I gave the wrong dimension for the new forestay making my original adjuster unusable. I tossed the adjuster replacing it with a T. buckle with one end removed. I shackled that to the bow plate after making a pvc pipe covering the turnbuckle. I safety wired it all and it seems to work. Is this safe? (it's a nice strong ss t. buckle) It is not easy to adjust however. Thanks Jerry.....Larry Hughston in Sacramento. -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry montgomery Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:29 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Standing Rigging from hell No, Neil, sounds like you can just pitch the adjustor and it will be fine if it doesn't bind, and I can't see why it would. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <ndorf@surfbest.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:58 PM Subject: M_Boats: M15 Standing Rigging from hell
Hello all,
hoping to get collective wisdom from the group on this topic:
I have a turnbuckle on my forestay, but I also have a fixed chain adjuster (same as the type as are also found on port and starboard M15 chainplates) on my forward chainplate. The end of the turnbuckle is pinned to the first available bottom hole of the chainplate, and with the turnbuckle collapsed to it's shortest length, the whole assembly is still too long and I have too much rake aft.
Is there anything wrong or dangerous with just removing the adjuster from the forward chainplate, and just pinning the end of the turnbuckle right to the chainplate? Doing that would shorten the total forestay length by about 1", which may make a significant difference.
Ideas welcome. Sooner or later I'll bite the bullet and start over with the standing rigging but when all is said and done, the wire is in decent shape, it's just the lengths that are driving me buggy.
Thanks,
Neil M15 "TwoCan" Roseville CA
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