I had Jerry make me a new forstay. gilbert landin M-17 1974 On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Steven C. Gordon <stevencgordon@gmail.com> wrote:
David, I have a CDI furler on my M17 and don't use a toggle on the forestay. I asked a rigging guy at West Marine and he said it wasn't needed. I just have a clevis pin that goes through the swaged eye on the forestay and the holes in the mast head fitting on either side of the stay. This allows the forestay and furler to move in the fore and aft direction when raising the mast. I'm careful to keep the furler as straight as possible when raising the mast. When the mast is up, everything is tight and there's almost no movement. Maybe someone else can explain why a toggle is important -- I don't see the need for it. Steve
On September 2, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
David:
the toggle for the headstay will have added, best guess, an inch to the forestay.
i'm guessing you have turned the forestay and backstay turnbuckles 'down' all the way?
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On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, David Hill <david@dfhill.com> wrote:
Advice please. I put CDI furling on my M17. Per instructions I added a toggle to the top of the head stay. Now with both head stay and back stay tightened down as far as they go the rig is a bit floppy. Problem? Any way to make it a tighter? Thanks.
David
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