I'm impressed that people are measuring tension. We have them so that leeward uppers and lowers are a little slack. With inline spreaders the idea would be to adjust lowers to dump power out of the main in big breeze. But I've never messed with it
I do think you want max headstay length and a really long backstay to let the mast way forward downwind
Mike Kennedy
Pariah #146
> On May 27, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Garth Copenhaver <lodrosangbo at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Your welcome, Silas. I have 3/16" wire on both the uppers and lowers. I would be interested to know how much shroud tension others use (?).
> Warmly, Garth
>> Garth Copenhaver
> 415-450-0843
>>> On May 27, 2014, at 9:03 PM, "Silas Boyd-Wickizer" <silasbw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks Garth!
>>>> Do you have 3/16 on the lowers and 5/32 on the uppers?
>>>> Silas
>>>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Garth Copenhaver
>> <lodrosangbo at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Silas,
>>> Oreo goes with about 480 lbs on the uppers and 380lbs on the lowers for the summer breezes. These pounds relate to the pounds of tension prior to loads. On the Loos B gauge this is 22 on the uppers and 18 on the lowers. For the NAs I went up to 25 on the uppers for the 25 knot plus breezes.
>>>>>> The lowers seem to always be slack when healing so I would not use that "heuristic" for the lowers. I find that a good rule is to make sure that you have some slight bend back in the mast and make sure you do not have inverted bend (bend forward).
>>>>>> Regards,
>>> Garth
>>>>>>>>>>>> Garth Copenhaver
>>> 415-450-0843
>>>>>>> On May 27, 2014, at 2:31 PM, "Silas Boyd-Wickizer" <silasbw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> I'm tinkering with the shroud tension on dayspring. I've read and
>>>> heard contradictory advice on what good tension is for racing a
>>>> Santana 22. Can anyone share qualitative or quantitative tips that
>>>> they use? Is the heuristic "leeward shrouds shouldn't be slack when
>>>> close hauled" a good one to use? Does anyone know approximately how
>>>> many pounds this corresponds to?
>>>>>>>> Hope to see you all this Saturday,
>>>>>>>> Silas
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