Captain Haddock
Member
Hi everyone,
I know this is something every self respecting sailor should know however, it's time I owned up and admitted I've not got a clue how the bottle screws work, after hunting around all the rig tuning info assumes you know this!
I understand what I need to do in order to tune my rig, what I don't know is whether you use the bottom screw to tighten your rig and the upper to loosen or vice versa or both!
I'm assuming the less thread you see the tighter the load on rig? if this is so do you have to tighten both ends of the screw?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
BTW I'm using closed screws so I can't see how much thread is remaining in the screw, the last thing I want to do is unscrew too much and something pings off and I lose my shrouds/stay, hence my seeking clarification of the screws operation.
It would be much appreciated if someone could enlighten me as to how they work when tuning standing rigging.
Many thanks!
I know this is something every self respecting sailor should know however, it's time I owned up and admitted I've not got a clue how the bottle screws work, after hunting around all the rig tuning info assumes you know this!
I understand what I need to do in order to tune my rig, what I don't know is whether you use the bottom screw to tighten your rig and the upper to loosen or vice versa or both!
I'm assuming the less thread you see the tighter the load on rig? if this is so do you have to tighten both ends of the screw?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
BTW I'm using closed screws so I can't see how much thread is remaining in the screw, the last thing I want to do is unscrew too much and something pings off and I lose my shrouds/stay, hence my seeking clarification of the screws operation.
It would be much appreciated if someone could enlighten me as to how they work when tuning standing rigging.
Many thanks!