I am a new montgomery 17 owner and have been reading along about mast rake and rigging tension. No one seems to put a numeric value on the shroud tension. When I got my 1983-17 the tension was very slack, it did not register on a LOOS tension gauge. What might be a good starting setting? I have heard references regarding that it will sail fine with loose rigging. I used to have a cal 20, and was always told that the rigging tension was an important factor. Is a rigging tension of 10 percent of the breaking strength o.k.? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com