I know this question is answered in the archives somewhere, but I couldn't find it. I have a 2001 H260 and have adjusted the rigging according to the manual. After a few sails in 10-15kts, I adjusted it again. Everything seems to be OK by eye and it sails well. My slip neighbor has a Loos (sp?) guage I can use. Does anyone know the proper tensions for the H260? Since this is the first boat I've ever really adjusted the rigging on, I would like to get it right. Ron, I believe you mentioned that you had the numbers, but I wasn't sure if the 26 and the 260 were the same numbers.
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Tom Wootton
Loos Guage
My Loos guage has tension charts printed on it, expressed both in pounds and as a percentage of breaking strength for a given shroud diameter. Uppers at 20%, lowers at 10%. Yes, those figures are for the 26, but it's hard to imagine the 260 would be different. (Your shrouds are 3/16", right?) Hope this helps.
My Loos guage has tension charts printed on it, expressed both in pounds and as a percentage of breaking strength for a given shroud diameter. Uppers at 20%, lowers at 10%. Yes, those figures are for the 26, but it's hard to imagine the 260 would be different. (Your shrouds are 3/16", right?) Hope this helps.
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Ron Mehringer
940#
Like Tom said I said (or rather wrote) if the rigging is 3/16" stainless, then its tensile strenght is 4700lbs, so the uppers should be 940lbs and the lowers 470lbs. To be quite honest, I stay just a little shy of these numbers. Ron Mehringer s/v Hydro-Therapy
Like Tom said I said (or rather wrote) if the rigging is 3/16" stainless, then its tensile strenght is 4700lbs, so the uppers should be 940lbs and the lowers 470lbs. To be quite honest, I stay just a little shy of these numbers. Ron Mehringer s/v Hydro-Therapy
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Gus Elia
Tensions are good but.....
I have been rigging the boat by look and feel since I got it in '96. This year I bought a Loos gauge and used it and found a few interesting things. I set the values to what Ron has suggested. All was not great however. I had a slight bow in the mast which I didn't like. It made for a much fuller sail. This was good for light winds but overpowered the main when the wind started picking up. What I ended up doing was adjusting the shroads to the 940 - 470 values and then tweaked the lowers to get the bend out of the mast. Now that I have the gauge, I am thinking more about the shroad preload and maybe by next season I might have better answers for myself. Right now I just left them alone so I can sail. With a bad Spring in the Upper Mississippi River basin sailing has only been practical for a few weeks now. I had to replace my furler this season and the new forestay is not exactly the same length as the old one. After rigging the boat I noticed I have a considerable amount of mast rake. That's another factor to worry about. I guess first you get the mast sitting flat and then start tweaking the other adjustments until all is good in the world. Again, in the meantime I am going to sail.
I have been rigging the boat by look and feel since I got it in '96. This year I bought a Loos gauge and used it and found a few interesting things. I set the values to what Ron has suggested. All was not great however. I had a slight bow in the mast which I didn't like. It made for a much fuller sail. This was good for light winds but overpowered the main when the wind started picking up. What I ended up doing was adjusting the shroads to the 940 - 470 values and then tweaked the lowers to get the bend out of the mast. Now that I have the gauge, I am thinking more about the shroad preload and maybe by next season I might have better answers for myself. Right now I just left them alone so I can sail. With a bad Spring in the Upper Mississippi River basin sailing has only been practical for a few weeks now. I had to replace my furler this season and the new forestay is not exactly the same length as the old one. After rigging the boat I noticed I have a considerable amount of mast rake. That's another factor to worry about. I guess first you get the mast sitting flat and then start tweaking the other adjustments until all is good in the world. Again, in the meantime I am going to sail.
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Ray Bowles
Jay, The numbers are correct and I bought the..
Loos gauge for my 95 H26. After doing the mast centering and rake check I adjusted my shrouds by the Hunter manual without the gauge. I then bought the gauge and measured the the tension and I wasn't even close. Like by 200 to 500# off. I wasn't brave enough to go to the full 940 and 470 so I started with 620 and 320. It was like buying new or extra sails. Massive improvement in pointing and speed. This weekend we are going to re-adjust the tension as the shrouds are now "unkinked" and the tension has lowered greatly. (we had installed new toggle bolts etc. just before the first adjustment.) I will go to within 10% of the full value this time. How do you make those chicken klucking sounds? But, maybe I can outrun them for sure this time. Ray sv Speedy
Loos gauge for my 95 H26. After doing the mast centering and rake check I adjusted my shrouds by the Hunter manual without the gauge. I then bought the gauge and measured the the tension and I wasn't even close. Like by 200 to 500# off. I wasn't brave enough to go to the full 940 and 470 so I started with 620 and 320. It was like buying new or extra sails. Massive improvement in pointing and speed. This weekend we are going to re-adjust the tension as the shrouds are now "unkinked" and the tension has lowered greatly. (we had installed new toggle bolts etc. just before the first adjustment.) I will go to within 10% of the full value this time. How do you make those chicken klucking sounds? But, maybe I can outrun them for sure this time. Ray sv Speedy
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Bill
Rub rail deflection?
Sight horizontaly along the rub rail at full tension, how bad is the up deflection?
Sight horizontaly along the rub rail at full tension, how bad is the up deflection?
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Austin Ransom
Sails better but harder to lower mast
I tuned my rig the same way. However, now I can't seem to get the forestay loose to lower the mast. I know I can ease the side stays, but are there any other ideas - I would hate to have to retune every time I move the boat. Anyone else run into this situation? Austin Simplicity
I tuned my rig the same way. However, now I can't seem to get the forestay loose to lower the mast. I know I can ease the side stays, but are there any other ideas - I would hate to have to retune every time I move the boat. Anyone else run into this situation? Austin Simplicity
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