GrahamM376
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The deckhead is not a flat surface, there is a moulded toe-rail which forms a void on the underside. I would intend to pack this out with glass- open to suggestions as to whether the final bedding of the beam to the deckhead should be with sealant or resin.
On the tensioner, again, would it be right to consider that there are three options- blocks/lanyards, highfield lever, and bottlescrew- which can achieve progressively greater tension at the expense of adjustment potential (thus making it harder to fit the stay on a heaving foredeck).
Personally, I would use a hardwood beam (windowsill section or similar) which can be planed to shape and then bedded in resin, cross bolted through bulkhead and glassed in.
Have a look the SeaSure lever - http://www.sea-sure.co.uk/index.asp...f=&InBox=Adjustment&cct=0&TypeSearch=&subcat= Although this is for 8mm wire, they also do one for 6mm.