M_Boats: Shroud tension

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. -- David Rifkind M17 #402 “Tycho Blue"