Hugh:
Your rod rigging is probably the same as mine....hopefully your Loos
gauge can measure 'rod tension' and not simply 'wire'. I have the Loos
RT 10 gauge.
According to NavTec, the breaking point of the rod is 8,000 lbs. and
they recommend not exceeding 25% or 2,000 lbs. in our case for tension
of the shrouds.
My uppers are normally around 1,300 to 1,350 lbs......the lowers 1,200
to 1,250 lbs...... that equates to numbers on my gauge of around 39 to
40 uppers to 37 to 38 lowers. The rig will always loosen a bit after
the mast is stepped and tension first applied.....mine always does.
At rest, my backstay tension is around 1,000 lbs.....more when the split
backstay is pulled down.
The babystay is approx. 500 lbs.
My rig has been tensioned this way each year since I got the boat in
2006.
Trusting this is helpful.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2017-06-12 10:02 PM, Hugh Briggs via CnC-List wrote:
Hello I am the proud new owner of a 1981 C&C 32 and am trying to set up the
standing rigging. I have the use of a Loos Gauge and would like to know what the
tension should be set at. I initially set it at 15 and went sailing. The rig has
lost a few points and now reads at about 13. Are there tables for the outer and
inner shrouds?
Thanks in advance.
Hugh Briggs
C&C 32
Desiderata
Thunder Bay, ON
Lake Superior
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