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winter cover/re-tuning

 

40 bucks to unstep & re-step? that's a great club benefit!

Here's something I found tuning my rigging last spring after a chain plate repair. I tried the halyard to toe rail measuring scheme, but it just felt too stretchy and inaccurate, so I clipped the end of a 100' steel tape measure to the halyard and hoisted it up to the top. This felt So Much more accurate to center the masthead. A 50' tape would work on this boat, of course.

Bob
 

tape measure makes more sense for sure. i do notice halyard stretch, when measuring do you account for the fact that the halyard is off center from the mast centerline?

also, you mentioned a chainplate repair. anything we need to double check for? did you have any visible chainplate leaks into the cabin? I don't see any leaks, but do need to remove the covers to check the plate condition between the deck. I remember changing chainplates on my 1973 Tanzer 22- i went to a local machine shop - owned by a local sailor - he fabricate plates for $75.

Rick

--- In s227classassociation@..., Bob Taylor <woodwork@...> wrote:

40 bucks to unstep & re-step? that's a great club benefit!

Here's something I found tuning my rigging last spring after a chain
plate repair. I tried the halyard to toe rail measuring scheme, but it
just felt too stretchy and inaccurate, so I clipped the end of a 100'
steel tape measure to the halyard and hoisted it up to the top. This
felt So Much more accurate to center the masthead. A 50' tape would work
on this boat, of course.

Bob
 

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Ah, good point. The halyard block is off center to starboard. I did not account for that, but I think it's still pretty close. I'll try attaching a photo. I have to climb it again this spring... the windex offset is bent again and I dropped the spinnaker halyard this fall. So, maybe, I'll measure. I need to replace the windex mount. This is the second time a fat bird has bent it.

As for the chainplates, I mis-spoke/typed. I did core repairs around the chainplates last spring. The rot was 3-4" forward and 12-16" aft on both sides, as well as in the cabintop around the winches & rope clutches.

Bob

s227classassociation wrote:

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tape measure makes more sense for sure. i do notice halyard stretch, when measuring do you account for the fact that the halyard is off center from the mast centerline?

also, you mentioned a chainplate repair. anything we need to double check for? did you have any visible chainplate leaks into the cabin? I don't see any leaks, but do need to remove the covers to check the plate condition between the deck. I remember changing chainplates on my 1973 Tanzer 22- i went to a local machine shop - owned by a local sailor - he fabricate plates for $75.

Rick

--- In s227classassociation@yahoogroups.com, Bob Taylor .> wrote:
>
> 40 bucks to unstep & re-step? that's a great club benefit!
>
> Here's something I found tuning my rigging last spring after a chain
> plate repair. I tried the halyard to toe rail measuring scheme, but it
> just felt too stretchy and inaccurate, so I clipped the end of a 100'
> steel tape measure to the halyard and hoisted it up to the top. This
> felt So Much more accurate to center the masthead. A 50' tape would work
> on this boat, of course.
>
> Bob
>



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