Folks,
How long are the chains for the forward stays?



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> On Oct 20, 2021, at 1:24 PM, Tom Van Heule <tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> 
> Fwiw
> 
> Hook crane up to stand up. Chains on forward stays, forestay back to mast.
> Lower.
> 
>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 9:38 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Wilson,
>> 
>> I suspect that you are using the chains in the wrong place.
>> 
>> There has been more than one version of the mast lifting system, but I
>> only know the details  of the one I have (circa 2016).  I'll just have to
>> assume that yours is the same .
>> 
>> When you are going to raise the mast, the mast crane should start out
>> tipped a little aft of vertical.  The aft lower shrouds are attached
>> directly to the mast crane.  The upper shrouds are connected to their
>> chainplates.  The forward lower shrouds should also be connected to their
>> chainplates, but they won't reach.  This is where the chains are used to
>> extend the forward lowers.
>> 
>> When you get to the point where the mast is vertical, the mast crane will
>> be close to horizontal, but there should still be enough room to continue
>> to rotate the winch handle until the back stays are pretty tight, and the
>> forestay can be attached to its chainplate without too much struggle.
>> 
>> Peter Nyberg
>> Coventry, CT
>> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>> 
>>>> On 2021-10-19, at 22:02:11 EDT, Wilson Cook wrote:
>>> 
>>> The previous owner told me the chains on the list needed to be one link
>> short.
>>> But I could not for the life of me get the pin in the headstay
>> chainplate.
>>> Lowered it put in second link-closer but no cigar. Lowered again-put in
>> third
>>> link and was able to crank it down far enough. If crank handle was
>> parallel to
>>> deck instead perpendicular would have had another turn.
>>> 
>>> As I mentioned earlier I think something was binding at the masthead
>> because
>>> when it popped the headstay was looser.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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