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I have a 2014 Hartley Wanderer ( sail no 1741) and am trying to resolve an irritation in that my boom is not level but dipping towards the aft of the boat.?

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We have placed the rear of the mast foot at the end of the mast step, up against a fitted nut and bolt.? (Though I note there is another hole which is available.)? The tabernacle pin is removed.?

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We have replaced the ‘standard’ stay adjusters (Allen A4372, see ) with vernier adjusters (Allen A4272) and pressed rigging links (Allen A4138) so as to give a longer adjustment range.? We have not measured the length of the shrouds.?

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The Selden mast spreaders are 430mm long but the spreader deflection is 195mm rather than the 165mm specified by Selden for a Wanderer’s set up or 178mm suggested in WCOA technical data at .? (As an aside, the Selden Wanderer’s data sheet does not seem to be available anymore.)? We did not measure the mast prebend.

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Our mast was rigged with the jib reefing line below the main sail reefing line.? We found that this did not give us enough room to achieve a reasonable tension in the shrouds so we reversed them.? The Cunningham is not fitted.

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So having tensioned up the shrouds to 280 lbs via the jib (checked with a borrowed Loos PT-1M), the mast rake is 22 feet and 6 inches (the closest we have managed to get it).? But the boom is nowhere near horizontal and the kicker seems to make little impact on the boom’s levelness.

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So two questions.?

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Does the spreader deflection make a difference?? Given it is slightly larger than specified, which in turn means the main sail hits the end of the spreader sooner (at a smaller angle), thus limiting the broad reach set up without the impacting on the shape of the sail.

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What else can one do to adjust the level of the boom????
thank you
Eleanor

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