Forward Lower tension marks

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Ben

I tightened my Forward lowers to get mast bend, and I think I have it about 1000lbs and I am getting marks on the sides of the boat like the shoulders are pulling the sides of the boat in. Now I don't know if this was there before or if it is new but I thought I would ask and see if anyone else has seen this. I figure it could be just normal from tension over the years especially because it doesn't have any cross support
 
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David Undewood

My experience...

Hey, I don't think that much tension is a good idea. When I bought my boat new, I put roller furling on it. In attempts to get the jib luff as straight a possible, I over tightened the the forward stay and it caved the cabin top in, made a dip in the cabin top that hunter was surprised to find out about. They repaired by adding a spacer between the compression post and the top of the interior cabin top. This gave it back its proper shape, but I was warned by the rigger that this boat was not meant to be put under that type of presure. I also noticed that when I over tighten the strouds, upper, lower whatever, it caused the boat to change interior spacing between doors and bulkheads making them where they would not close. If you want to put bend in your mast, I believe the backstay would be the proper place for tension, but do not over do it. You might want to address question to Hunter, they are good about giving owners information. Good luck, loosen and maybe no damage has been done. David Underwood, 1982 Hunter 33 (original owner of "Freebird" now for 19 years)
 
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Henry Weber

Hull dimples

Ben -- Don''t know if my experience applies to your case. On my H30 '77 there are on each side of the boat large dimples of about 18 inch diameter between the chain plates on the top sides. As with you I don''t know how long they have been there. It most likely comes from strain in the hull induced by the shroud tension. My lower shrouds are set to about 900 lbs. The stays and cap shrouds are around 1100. The mast is too stiff to get much mast bend from tightening the forward lower shrouds. Henry
 
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