On Mar 29, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
on SWEET PEA i run the shrouds a little loose (still 'snug' but not at all close to Catalina 22 tight). haven't had a problem with this (mast is still up). for raising/lowering i only loosen the backstay turnbuckle (as mentioned by another earlier in this discussion).
Like Thomas B. I let the backstay tensioner take care of it. I don’t really feel like messing with turnbuckles.
On Mar 29, 2016, at 5:34 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
The final ease would be putting a quick release lever on the forestay. No need to try and make the stay connection under tension or remember how many turns to slack & tighten a turnbuckle. Just hook it on and then snug it to pre-set tension with the lever-lock. Used to sail a club Potter 19 both before and after one of these was added. Boy did it make it so much easier.
I was wondering about that. Would it be better to put the quick-release on the backstay? My bottom jib hank keeps getting hung up on the turnbuckle thimble. I saw on Jerry Montgomery’s web site he mentioned the possibility of a forestay with no adjuster at all, and thought that sounded neat.