Re: Mast Rake and Bend

Ted Nilson (teddybear@nac.net)
Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:34:01 -0500


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Hi Judy, Thanks for checking that. I thought that the chain plates were aft
of the mast step, but I wasn't in a position to check (Nightingale is under
a tarp at our summer house). It seems like this arrangement would give even
greater control of the mainsail shape, being able to rake the mast at 2
points. It might make improper tuning of the shrouds more hazardous as well,
masts not normally enjoying an S shape.
Ted Nilson
A Non Technical Sailor (but learning fast)
P-19 Florence Nightingale (in honor of the founder of modern nursing who
reformed the medical community in spite of being disabled for the last 30
years of her life)
teddybear@nac.net
http://users.nac.net/teddybear
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-----Original Message-----
From: JBlumhorst@aol.com <JBlumhorst@aol.com>
To: david_kautz@hp.com <david_kautz@hp.com>; wwpotter@tscnet.com
<wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Mast Rake and Bend

>Hi Guys,
>
>To set the record straight and check my facts --
>
>I was just out at our P19 and I eyeballed the angle between where the
shrouds
>attach to the chainplate and the maststep. Using a cheap plastice
protractor
>and a straightedge and my eye (no precision measurements) , they are
attached
>about 15 to 20 degrees aft of the mast step, not directly outboard as I
>claimed earlier... Interesting hmmm?
>
>Judy B
>