I am in the process of tuning new standing rigging for my boat.
I understand it is typical for masts to be bowed towards the rear of the boat. I understand the concept generally. An experienced boatyard guy said my mast should deflect about 3" at the apex of the curve, midway down the mast. (If I pull a line from the masthead to the deck, at the midpoint of the line there should be a 3" space between the line and the mast.)
I have all of my shrouds and stays pinned in. My current stumbling block is the topping lift arrangement. With my old rigging, the boom was level with surface of the water when the lift was in place. Now the aft end of the boom is about a foot too high. It looks like the boom is resting on my slip neighbor's boat, but it is not.
Is my topping lift line too short? Did the rigging maker send me what I ordered?
Only way to find out is to climb the #@^@&@ mast, un pin the lift line, and measure it.
I did that this morning, and the line is about 1-2" shorter than I ordered, but that would not explain the 12" of line I had to add to make the boom level with the water.
So I am left thinking I haven't raked my mast back far enough.
Do I just need to tension the backstay more - perhaps release some tension from the forestay?
Ideas welcome.
I understand it is typical for masts to be bowed towards the rear of the boat. I understand the concept generally. An experienced boatyard guy said my mast should deflect about 3" at the apex of the curve, midway down the mast. (If I pull a line from the masthead to the deck, at the midpoint of the line there should be a 3" space between the line and the mast.)
I have all of my shrouds and stays pinned in. My current stumbling block is the topping lift arrangement. With my old rigging, the boom was level with surface of the water when the lift was in place. Now the aft end of the boom is about a foot too high. It looks like the boom is resting on my slip neighbor's boat, but it is not.
Is my topping lift line too short? Did the rigging maker send me what I ordered?
Only way to find out is to climb the #@^@&@ mast, un pin the lift line, and measure it.
I did that this morning, and the line is about 1-2" shorter than I ordered, but that would not explain the 12" of line I had to add to make the boom level with the water.
So I am left thinking I haven't raked my mast back far enough.
Do I just need to tension the backstay more - perhaps release some tension from the forestay?
Ideas welcome.