Mast Tuners....HELP!!!

[Ray Bowles]

I have a 95 H26 that I replaced the shroud togle bolts on and I am setting up to tune the mast(on the hard). I have the specifics and have leveled the boat port to starboard. I used the galley stove as the level surface for the for/aft measurement to measure mast rearward tilt and I think this is incorrect. What surface should I use to level the boat to tune the mast angle? Many, many thanks for your help. Ray Bowles

 

[mmsailor]

mast tune,

Ray ,I have always gotten mine close on the trailer and then do the rest when it is in the water, either way you are going to make some adjustments when it is in water, , so why go to all of the bother, now, ? good luck Mike,

 

[Tom M.]

Ray, what are "the specifics"?

or, where did you get "the specifics" (ie: Loos #'s)?

 

[Ray Bowles]

Tom, I mean that I have procedures and

understand how to do it and how much bend to install. I just need the starting point for mast angle. If the weighted halyard is required to be 4" aft of the mast you can do this by jacking up the front of the trailer. See what I mean, I need to have a starting point for the boat to be leveled to. Thanks for responding, I hope you can answer this question. Ray

 

[Tim Sullivan]

Make'm sing

Ray,I do all my tuning while the boat is in the water. An "old salt" told me to tighten the mast shrouds until they make an audiable sound when "plunked", like a string instrument. I "tune" my FWD stay and side shrouds to a very low frequency audiable sound. The AFT stay, I let go a little looser. I adjust the yaw of the mast (starboard / port pitch) by swinging the main halyard starboard and port and making measurments. Then while I'm on my way to Kelley's Island, in a good blow, I check the side shrouds for looseness on the lee-side and adjust accordingly.Anybody know of a job that will pay has good as an engineer but allow me to sail all day long?Tim

 

[Don Barber]

Cockpit floor as level surface

In tuning the rig of my H26, I used the cockpit floor as the level surface while the boat was in the water. It worked fine, as I was able to tune to specs. The proof was in the well balanced feel of the boat under sail. Very little weather helm, and effortless steering. Don BarberS/V Third Degree