That works, I did that on my mast also. You can get some twist shackles to put on your shrouds where they attach to the chain plates to add a couple of inch to the length. I ran a 1/4-20 bolt through each stock shackle to take up the slack. That prevented the "T" part from twisting when the shroud was slacked off. If that twist does not free itself when raising the mast again, you can get a bend in the "t" end of the shackle. The bolt keeps the "T" tucked into where it belongs.The length of the 1/4-20 bolt was just enough to reach through the strap holding the shackle (about 1") as well as long enough to accept a self locking 1/4 " nut. the nuts have to go away from the centerline between the two shrouds so they will not bind anything. You shouldn't have to loosen the shrouds to raise the mast after your round the aft edge of the mast like Gary suggested. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=oa-2115-v2-b> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=oa-2115-v2-b> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:20 PM, GARY M HYDE <gmhyde1@mac.com> wrote:
David: Round the foot of the mast so you can step it without loosening the shrouds. Strike a curve using the bolt hole a s a center and trim the aft part of th mast foot.
G M Hyde Sent from my iPad
On Mar 28, 2016, at 7:55 AM, David Rifkind <drifkind@acm.org> wrote:
On Mar 28, 2016, at 8:55 AM, David Rifkind <drifkind@acm.org> wrote:
Any guidance on tensioning shrouds? Mine were set at “that feels about right”. It took me a while to realize, when raising the mast, the shrouds are at maximum tension a few degrees from “up”, when the mast base hasn’t quite dropped down flat, and because of the funny angle, the pull was actually bending the bottom T bolts on the uppers.
My shrouds I think are too short, and adjusted all the way out I can just barely get the mast up without overtensioning them.
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