Loos gauge SC17
Posted: April 10th, 2024, 1:26 pm
Hello Everyone,
I generally solo sail my SC 17 in 15 knots and up and recently pitchpoled in wavy and icy conditions about a month and a half ago...rather foolishly. Like Hobie 16's - I think of rig tension as being parabolic: tight to a certain point is best, but then I want the mast to bend leeward to spill and loose works. Does anyone have any advice about this? I just added an active forestay tensioner akin to an Aussie halyard. I understand you can feel your way by turning the mast and feeling for rotation friction but prefer metrics like Loos gauge tension. I also just swapped all the standing rigging with dyneema and basically rebuilt the beast.
I generally solo sail my SC 17 in 15 knots and up and recently pitchpoled in wavy and icy conditions about a month and a half ago...rather foolishly. Like Hobie 16's - I think of rig tension as being parabolic: tight to a certain point is best, but then I want the mast to bend leeward to spill and loose works. Does anyone have any advice about this? I just added an active forestay tensioner akin to an Aussie halyard. I understand you can feel your way by turning the mast and feeling for rotation friction but prefer metrics like Loos gauge tension. I also just swapped all the standing rigging with dyneema and basically rebuilt the beast.