UPDATE!!!!!
Based on the received advice I tightened all shrouds and boat went into water last Saturday. Before going 39 nm (from Chesapeake City to Rock Hall), I checked the tension and all shrouds were as I tightened them.
We had light winds, but we set sails and actually turned off motor for about an hour (the whole trip lasted 6 hrs). That's when I noticed the leeward stays are tight (not as tight as the windward ones, but tighter than normal).
When we came in to the marina and docked, I noticed that the mast was tilted about 5-10 degrees to starboard. I asked the guy I sailed with to help take the tension off the shrouds so I can losen them up. he tried his best (pushing and pulling on the mast and the same with different shrouds) to no avail. So here are some talking points:
After getting to the boat after winter break, I discovered that all 4 shrouds are lose. Like flapping in the breeze lose. Ok, maybe not so bad, but loser (lol) than they were in the fall and they definitely can be tightened up by at least 1 notch on the verniers, Is this normal? Should I:
a. Inspect rigging, mast, and compression post carefully, and if I find nothing, just shrug it off?
b. Run into the woods screaming for a rigger to inspect it?
c. Shrug it off and tighten up the rig?
d. Shrug it off and not tighten up the rig?
I do not have the tension gauge.
Based on the received advice I tightened all shrouds and boat went into water last Saturday. Before going 39 nm (from Chesapeake City to Rock Hall), I checked the tension and all shrouds were as I tightened them.
We had light winds, but we set sails and actually turned off motor for about an hour (the whole trip lasted 6 hrs). That's when I noticed the leeward stays are tight (not as tight as the windward ones, but tighter than normal).
When we came in to the marina and docked, I noticed that the mast was tilted about 5-10 degrees to starboard. I asked the guy I sailed with to help take the tension off the shrouds so I can losen them up. he tried his best (pushing and pulling on the mast and the same with different shrouds) to no avail. So here are some talking points:
- As suggested by some, lose rigging was likely caused by hull deformation in the cradle.
- The rigging is overtightened.
- Not sure what causes the mast to be tilted.
- How do I losen up the stays??? if I manage to take/knock/push out the cotter pin from one, will the tension on the other side cause the mast to fall??
- I've been enduring Admirals snippy remarks (why you fix what's not broken?)
- Help?
After getting to the boat after winter break, I discovered that all 4 shrouds are lose. Like flapping in the breeze lose. Ok, maybe not so bad, but loser (lol) than they were in the fall and they definitely can be tightened up by at least 1 notch on the verniers, Is this normal? Should I:
a. Inspect rigging, mast, and compression post carefully, and if I find nothing, just shrug it off?
b. Run into the woods screaming for a rigger to inspect it?
c. Shrug it off and tighten up the rig?
d. Shrug it off and not tighten up the rig?
I do not have the tension gauge.
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