Daydream believer
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11% of a 12mm wire is very little stress on the rig, if you think about the max load that a 12mm wire will take.No way. The rig is bar tight. With a my very large adjustable spanner, I really struggle to put any more turns on the bottlescrew. It's almost impossible.
As I said, no slack in the leeward rig going up wind
It is possible that the measurement of load is not accurate, but we used the 2m rule method and measured the stretch with a digital vernier
With all due respect It suggests that your calcs are off. Obviously if it works then fair enough. One cannot dispute that.
But I cannot see that it is as low as 11%.
It would be interesting to know the opinion of others on this, if they have similar sized wires.
I use a loos guage on mine & leave my lowers slack to allow the mast to bend forward when the backstay is tensioned. This flattens the mainsail somewhat. But even then I find that 11% is a bit loose