"On everything up top on the standing rigging," Rob, by "up top" do you mean that the rings are still acceptable for the turnbuckles? thanks
Richard 1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River, Mile 596 Richard N. Bush 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 502-584-7255 -----Original Message----- From: robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com>; cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 3:40 pm Subject: Stus-List rig tuning On everything up top on the standing rigging, I now use only SS cotter pins.....this is because on several occasions, and I can not explain how it happened, the split rings vanished. Luckily, nothing fell down before the missing split ring was detected. I have no explanation how the split rings disappeared but I do know that since being replaced with cotter pins, there has not been been a missing pin. The thread Subject is "rig tuning"......on that note I have rod rigging and a Loos RT10 tuning gauge is a must for me......I can't pull on shrouds and tell how much tension is there. Now someone will chime in and tell me to measure my threads in the turnbuckles. But how do you initially do that without a reference point with the benefit of a gauge. When we were campaigning our Kirby 25, we made rig adjustments depending on the conditions. We still used a Loos gauge to take the guessing out of the equation. I shouldn't admit this but I will.....on my shroud turnbuckles, I use the small plastic pull/lock strings (or whatever they are called). Once I get my rig tuned early in the Spring after a few sails, it stays that way all season unless I adjust it after periodic checking with the Loos gauge and sighting the mast, of course. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. With the cover just removed and no launch date set yet. _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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