Diamond stays vs lower shrouds
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:22 pm
'Timeless' #50 has diamond stay rigging. Standing the mast and fixing the forestay has never been a problem. When I got the boat, I followed Ray's instructions, walked it up, put some load on with the jib halyard and pinned the forestay. I wondered why it seemed harder for some.
'Missy' #111 has a near new mast, and has lower shrouds. All the standing rigging is heavier than #50.
Anyway, I swapped the mast and rigging over onto Timeless. After I set up the rigging, I let down the mast, then re-stood. Huge difference in effort required in preloading the mast enough to pin the forestay.
So I wondered how much of the different reports of how hard it is to rig up is related to what type of rigging the boat has? Feedback, anyone?
Other wonderings came to mind too. I saw in one topic that Ian B said that diamond stay rigging is the most common on our boats.
I wonder if that was standard and lowers were an optional extra at ordering? Or were some retro-fitted? Or was one type standard for a time then swapped to the other? I am doubtful of this one only because I am pretty sure some early boats had lowers (#9 Teria?) but #50 has diamonds, then #111 has lowers. But maybe one or more of these are the exceptions in their range.
I think there are some occasional boats that have different customisations to their rigging also.
Idle curiosities only, but I'm interested in what others have, especially relative to their sail number.
'Missy' #111 has a near new mast, and has lower shrouds. All the standing rigging is heavier than #50.
Anyway, I swapped the mast and rigging over onto Timeless. After I set up the rigging, I let down the mast, then re-stood. Huge difference in effort required in preloading the mast enough to pin the forestay.
So I wondered how much of the different reports of how hard it is to rig up is related to what type of rigging the boat has? Feedback, anyone?
Other wonderings came to mind too. I saw in one topic that Ian B said that diamond stay rigging is the most common on our boats.
I wonder if that was standard and lowers were an optional extra at ordering? Or were some retro-fitted? Or was one type standard for a time then swapped to the other? I am doubtful of this one only because I am pretty sure some early boats had lowers (#9 Teria?) but #50 has diamonds, then #111 has lowers. But maybe one or more of these are the exceptions in their range.
I think there are some occasional boats that have different customisations to their rigging also.
Idle curiosities only, but I'm interested in what others have, especially relative to their sail number.