Hi All, I made a stupid newbie mistake when we stepped the mast. In my defence it was a busy, windy, choppy day and we had to hire a crane to come to the club to step everyone's mast .. and I helped everyone, so when it came time to do my boat I was kind of on autopilot. We stepped 29 masts that day.
So I failed to remember that there are wedges fore and aft at the mast base that keep the mast centered in the step. My girlfriend says to me the other day while pointing at a pair of wedges in the boat .. did you forget to put the wedges in the partner? Um, no I did not. Then I realized my mistake and took a look at the mast base ... the mast is seated all the way aft. I guess this would cause some forward rake? I'm all ears in regards to how this might affect the rig, sail shape, etc? In any case, I'de like to center the thing and put the wedges where they are supposed to go. I know I can loosen the tension on the rig and I've used halyards in place of the forestay and shrouds on previous occasions to fix this or that but even with the rig tension way down is the weight of the mast itself going to prevent me from sliding it forward about 1.5 inches? What would be the correct order to loosen the rig? Backstay, lowers, uppers? I'de rather not futz with the forestay if I can help it but I did just disconnect it about a week ago to fix a kink in the furler so I'm not shy to do it again. Any help/recommendations are much appreciated. Thanks, Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto
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