I have a Beneteau 423 and the fore and back stays needed tensioning. The mast had a slight bend aft. The USSpars catalogue has a procedure to tighten the forestay by lifting the roller furling apparatus and tightening the forestay underneath, but there is no turnbuckle. After a little tensioning, we decided to relieve the extra torsional twist we put on the wire by removing the clevis from the deck and letting it unwind, if there was any twist. Boy was there! But as it turned out, the threads between the stay and the stainless clevis had seized (despite ample lubrication) and we have no more adjustment in the forestay.
It doesn't seem correct to twist the forestay while tensioning. Does anyone have any thoughts on this procedure?
The boat is fine, but the rig still needs a little more tension.
Thanks,
Jeff
It doesn't seem correct to twist the forestay while tensioning. Does anyone have any thoughts on this procedure?
The boat is fine, but the rig still needs a little more tension.
Thanks,
Jeff