Hey all, well long story short I got her sailed down the Oregon and Northern California coast safely to the SF bay. Don't have time yet to do a long post about it, but I will say that night sailing in the Pacific is truly something other-worldly!
She sailed beautifully as could be expected - brand new standing rig, decades old sails - both ripped a bit. Oh, and there was that minor issue that despite bringing 12 fuel filters, my fuel *line* clogged and I had to run the boat directly from jerry cans...and THEN siphon + filter fuel *back from the tank* while running downwind to make it in before some gales
Anyway, during some flogging I noticed while laying on the settee (ahem, of course I wasn't steering at this point), the mast would seriously pump forwards when the main sail went from flogging to catching the wind. It looked like a solid 6 inches, but keep in mind this is a brain that had gone many days with no more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. My rigger in Portland told me that he put the uppers at 11% tension, 10% on lowers, 12% on intermediates. Forestay was tighter, forget what amount. He said we should get it retentioned after the trip. I may have been using some amount of backstay bridle at this point; based on reading some threads, maybe I shouldn't have touched those?
Anyways, I have a loos tension gauge on the way. Also, has anyone measured/estimated the amount of bend in the mast at the dock? This mast is SO curved, it's like a banana, even sitting horizontally in the boatyard! Has a sweet look. Sails easily past 8 knots. Now let's get it setup properly. Any help/resources appreciated.
She sailed beautifully as could be expected - brand new standing rig, decades old sails - both ripped a bit. Oh, and there was that minor issue that despite bringing 12 fuel filters, my fuel *line* clogged and I had to run the boat directly from jerry cans...and THEN siphon + filter fuel *back from the tank* while running downwind to make it in before some gales
Anyway, during some flogging I noticed while laying on the settee (ahem, of course I wasn't steering at this point), the mast would seriously pump forwards when the main sail went from flogging to catching the wind. It looked like a solid 6 inches, but keep in mind this is a brain that had gone many days with no more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. My rigger in Portland told me that he put the uppers at 11% tension, 10% on lowers, 12% on intermediates. Forestay was tighter, forget what amount. He said we should get it retentioned after the trip. I may have been using some amount of backstay bridle at this point; based on reading some threads, maybe I shouldn't have touched those?
Anyways, I have a loos tension gauge on the way. Also, has anyone measured/estimated the amount of bend in the mast at the dock? This mast is SO curved, it's like a banana, even sitting horizontally in the boatyard! Has a sweet look. Sails easily past 8 knots. Now let's get it setup properly. Any help/resources appreciated.