On my M23 I used to initially tighten upper and lower shrouds and not pin the tensioners, go out in 12-15kts breeze and hard on the wind just take nearly all the slack out of the leeward shrouds, tack and repeat, pin tensioners. I found that if the boat was newly in the water I had to retighten after a week or so. Dick Jerry Duke wrote:
Hello Tod,
When you installed your new standing rigging what method did you use to fine tune it? I would like to hear from anyone about installing and adjusting standing rigging on a M17 from scratch.
Regards, Jerry M17 333 Mystic
Yes, thank you, Werner!
Busca's slowly getting ready for the CBR:
New standing rigging, new smaller 5/16" mainsheet, freshly cleaned, etc...
Although the windvane is not ready to go (I am one SLOW dude), the new control-line adjustment is finished and will make the sheet-to-tiller much easier to set up and adjust, I believe.
I had found that one of the upper shrouds was kinked slightly at the masthead and that the masthead casting was wearing a slight groove in the terminal, so while installing the new rigging I ground the casting down slightly to eliminate the contact point (or at least spread it out and soften it up).
Tod Mills M-17 #408, "BuscaBrisas"
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