Mast settling

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David

Has anyone ever seen or heard of an o'day experiencing mast settling? Also, I have checked the archives and read the responses to the stay tension questions. However, I am not sure how to tell if my rigging is to loose. I feel confident in the side stays tension, but the for and aft stay feel loose to me. I have run out of room on my aft turn buckle to tighten any further. The problems for me began when my roller furling (sea furl) would get jammed when I pull the sail half way out. The line is not stuck and the the sail will furl in very easily. Someone said it could be mast settling and someone said that the for stay could be to loose. If anyone has any clues or advice please chime in. Thanks! David
 
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Don Evans

Rig Tension

David, if you think your rig is to loose, it probably is. Buy a Loos rig tension guage, and learn to use it. One of your better investments. Its all science. If your stays are older than 15 years (10 in salt water), replace them. You have likely stretched them beyond your turnbuckles limits. If there new then have a rig shop cut them back a bit. While your mast can crush the base support (laminate rot, water and all of that), causing it to settle, I would doubt thats your problem. You would see other signs of stress in that area. As far as your jamming furling headsail, while a loose forstay may exacerbate your problem, its more likely something else thats mucking it up. Check for a halyard wrap at the top of the swivel, a bad fairlead of the drum line, corroded or broken bearings. You could be looking at 2 unrelated events here. Don
 
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james rohr

WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT MODEL

I have an O'day 30cb and had major league rotting in the step. causing the mast to drop about 1 1/2" Let us know what boat we are talking about here and we might be able to help.
 
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