I'm posting in this forum as I think more racers would care and know about managing backstay tension than casual cruisers.
I have a Tartan 3800 with a Sailtec integral hydraulic backstay tensioner. I have no idea how to use it! I searched, and only found maintenance and troubleshooting docs from Sailtec, like this:
https://www.sailtec.com/images/docs/Hydraulic_Integral_Owners_Manual_10_Pages_2019_SAILTEC.pdf
There's a pressure gauge on it. (Hard to read, because of location.) I can't get my Loos tension gauge onto the backstay proper, as it's too high up; this has a split backstay, and the tensioner os on one leg.
I'd like to be able to tension the headstay in a blow, relax it going downwind, and so on, but at the same time, I don't want to break the rig.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
jv
I have a Tartan 3800 with a Sailtec integral hydraulic backstay tensioner. I have no idea how to use it! I searched, and only found maintenance and troubleshooting docs from Sailtec, like this:
https://www.sailtec.com/images/docs/Hydraulic_Integral_Owners_Manual_10_Pages_2019_SAILTEC.pdf
There's a pressure gauge on it. (Hard to read, because of location.) I can't get my Loos tension gauge onto the backstay proper, as it's too high up; this has a split backstay, and the tensioner os on one leg.
I'd like to be able to tension the headstay in a blow, relax it going downwind, and so on, but at the same time, I don't want to break the rig.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
jv