Hi Derek, you have a few questions, here are my stabs at answering them.
First, Michael Andrews and I have apparently discovered that the optimum
forestay length is halfway between the "old" maximum and the "new, extended
maximum" - which I think works out to 26' 10.5". But if Steve is going to
make it up for you, just tell him to make it so it can be extended out to
the current legal max (27' I think) with plenty of room to tighten, and
you'll be good to go. And make sure you get an adjustable backstay, you
want to let it out a LOT downwind, especially when going wing on wing (but
pull it in when big waves come or when jybing).
The easiest way to lower a mast is with the help of a crane, so with the
boat in the water. (If you don't have a crane, do it on the hard for
stability, but by definition I guess you DO have a crane...) just make sure
the shrouds you undo are downwind. (Whoever helps you will tell you why.)
With a crane, make a loop maybe 5' long and put it around the inners (i.e.
between the inners and outers) and hook on the crane, then lift up the loop
till the rope gets to the spreaders to take the load. (lowering without a
crane isn't too bad with at least 3, pref 4 people; raising is harder but
still OK with 4 - then you need the long loop so you can disentagle the rope
from the spreaders after the mast is back up).
Don't ask me how old my standing rigging is, let's just say Steve Seals
asked me whether I had insurance a few years ago. Maybe I'll change them
out this spring if the stock market starts recovering a bit.
Too bad we won't see Aquila out there tomorrow - I'm crewing with Frank and
Cathy, my own crew being absent. Maybe you can hop on another boat too?
Jan "Carlos" Grygier, PhD
hydrophilos at earthlink.nethttp://home.earthlink.net/~hydrophilos/spigot.html
So now about that party - I had a few offers to help some, but the small
response told me most folks are busy with other things, so we'll try for
late January or February. Offers of help to organize it still welcome.
-----Original Message-----
From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On Behalf
Of Derek Meyer
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 5:31 PM
To: Nancy & Pat Broderick
Cc: tuna at myfleet.org
Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Standing Rigging
Hi Pat,
Thanks for the offer, but I think I'm just going to replace to forestay and
backstay so that I don't need to think about it for another 7 years. It has
been 6+ years since the previous owner did the standing rigging so I was
expecting this (just not quite this soon). And honestly, Seals Spars are
less than I was expecting to pay for the forestay and backstay (although the
shrouds cost more than I expected).
Also, I appreciate the compliment on the deck. It took a lot of work! Now
I just have the top of the doghouse and cockpit to do, which seems like it
may take the rest of my natural life.
As for helping me lower the mast, that I would greatly appreciate, not only
for the extra manpower but also some guidance from someone with some
experience removing masts (the largest mast I ever took down was probably on
a Laser!)
So anyway, I'm planning on getting this done asap (like I'll call on Monday
and order the parts) because I am planning on pulling the boat between
Christmas and New Years to do the bottom. I'm picking up the Keel Templates
from Arjan on Monday.
Which actually brings me to a question: would you pull the most with the
boat in the water or on the hard? I.e. is one easier than the other? How
hard is it to lower the mast?
Thanks,
Derek
--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Nancy & Pat Broderick <broderic at sonic.net> wrote:
> From: Nancy & Pat Broderick <broderic at sonic.net>
> Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Standing Rigging
> To: djmeyer16 at yahoo.com> Cc: tuna at myfleet.org> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 5:08 PM Derek,
>> I say call Steve Seals! He's made rigging for Tunas for 3 or more
> decades. He might not be the least expensive, but he's good - and
> well worth his prices.
>> I have an older forestay you can have. There's nothing wrong with it
> except that it was over 7 years old when I purchased my boat, so I
> replaced it - as I routinely did at
> 7 years. Let me know and I'll find it. I think we can rope Frank
> into helping with the mast when you're ready --Huh Frank?
>> Your boat is looking great! Good job on the decks.
>> Pat
>>> On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Derek Meyer wrote:
>> > Hello All,
> > Well, last time I was out on Aquila I noticed the
> forestay starting to unravel (yikes!) so needless to say, Aquila is
> out of commission until I replace the forestay.
> I'll probably do the forestay/backstay now, and the shrouds next
> season.
> >
> > My question is:
> > What are the proper lengths of all the standing
> rigging, and
> > Any recommendations on where to buy it?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Derek
> >
> > P.S.
> > Yes, this means Aquila will be off the water for this
> Sunday's race
> >
> >
> >
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