Forestay/Backstay Rigging

[Fire99]

Thanks gents!

Yep, before I look, I think I may have a slightly 'over sporty' tension on my cap shrouds.. and funnily enough my loo door is marginally off kilter from when the shrouds were slack.

Poor ol girl. Was just starting to enjoy her old age and along comes a 'young' upstart and put her through her paces. haha

 

[john_morris_uk]

William is a lovely chap, but I would suggest one word of caution about his comment on shackles. He day sails and races a fairly small boat and sometime suggests things that would not be suitable for Ocean going larger yachts. You might be ok with shackles in a small boat, but the working and maximum load of lots of shackles is nowhere near enough for some bigger boats standing rigging. And you don't have to go very big - I was picked up by a surveyor for having shackles that were appeared to be big enough but were well underrated on a 27 foot boat once.

 

[Fire99]

William is a lovely chap, but I would suggest one word of caution about his comment on shackles. He day sails and races a fairly small boat and sometime suggests things that would not be suitable for Ocean going larger yachts. You might be ok with shackles in a small boat, but the working and maximum load of lots of shackles is nowhere near enough for some bigger boats standing rigging. And you don't have to go very big - I was picked up by a surveyor for having shackles that were appeared to be big enough but were well underrated on a 27 foot boat once.

Fair point John,

I'll make sure that anything I replace the turnbuckle with is more than up to its potential stress load.