I don't have them on hand to measure.
Iirc, and I'm sure someone will correct/confirm, two 1/4" OD snap carbineer with 8 loops of 1/4" OD galvanized chain.

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 1:53 PM Jeffrey Camiel <forg3d at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
> How long are the chains for the forward stays?
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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