Fore and back stay tension is typically set at 15% of breaking strength of
the wire, or 495 pounds, to start. Sailing tests can result in this increasing,
but in no case should it ever exceed 825 lbs. or 47 on the Loos, and for
most boats a maximum of 600 lbs. (45 Loos) would be reasonable. The
stated load of 900 lbs in one of the T22 tuning guides is way out of line,
and puts undue strain on the rig, excess compression on the mast base
and is guaranteed to put a fore and aft serpentine bend in the spar.
Equally,undue load on the shrouds will result in a transverse serpentine in
the mast which can be clearly seen by sighting up the sail track. By pulling
on each shroud individually while sighting the track, the effect of
tightening that particular shroud can easily be seen. Remember that once
the shrouds are approaching proper tension, when you tighten up on one
shroud, you may have to loosen its opposite by the same amount.
12. After setting up the standing rigging, the two lock nuts of all turnbuckles
should be tightened hard. The ends of all split pins should be bent over
and finally all split rings and/or split pins should be taped.
13. The dacron line on the topping lift (24) should be rove through the hole in
the strap (39) on the after end of the boom as shown in Figure 3a. The
length of the topping lift should be adjusted by means of this line after the
mainsail has been hoisted, so that the sail and not the topping lift support
the boom. When sailing, the topping lift should be slack at all times in
order that the tension of the leech of the mainsail can be controlled with
the main sheet.
14. Select the boom (32) . Remove the split pin and nut (33A) from the
gooseneck fitting (33) and fit to slide (35) on the gooseneck track (34),
making sure that the nut and locking split pin are replaced (see Figure 4).
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