[C36IA] Mast Step, Wedges at Partners and Tuning

[Brett Colville & David St. Amand]

Good Evening Everybody,

 

We have been working away at our first attempt at stepping the mast and
tuning the rig on our boat.

 

We have a question about the mast placement in the partners w/ the wedges.
We are 2006 boat, hull # 2299 and have the Charleston furling spar.

 

On our previous boats with a keel step, we have always worked to centre the
mast in the partners with wedges.

 

When we stepped the mast on our C-36, the split back stay bridle was very
tight/short.  We had to take the wedges out from around the mast and then
had to winch it back with the main halyard to get the backstay bridles to
mate with the turnbuckles.  We had the turnbuckles backed right off and it
was only a thread or so that we had to make the connection.

 

This led to the mast being positioned very far aft in the partners at the
deck.  I have 2 wedges in the aft most position on the sides which prevents
the mast from hitting the back of the partners, but it leaves a huge gap at
the front of the mast.

 

I have checked the mast for plumb and it is straight up and down per the
manual.

 

This past weekend, we were out on our first cruise had a lovely gentle sail
on Saturday and the rig did stretch a little bit as it was settling in (and
the motor home up wind gusting up to 46 knots of breeze on Sunday may have
helped out on the rig stretching as well.)

 

Looking at the mast this evening in the partners, it has shifted a little
further aft, almost touching the aft end of the partners and the turnbuckle
at the deck in the interior has loosened off.  So the rig has moved since it
was initially stepped.

 

One of my friends is of the opinion that the back stay is too short, so I
should put some link plates in to lengthen and try to shift the mast so that
I can get some wedges behind the mast and centre it a little more,
regardless of it being plumb.  This didn't seem necessary when we took
delivery of the boat last season and the dealer rigged the boat.

 

Unfortunately we only sailed the boat 3 times last season, and we were not
present when the rig was taken down last fall due to being laid up from an
accident back in the summer, so I don't know where the wedges were
previously.

 

Many thanks in advance for any advice or assistance.

 

Regards,

 

Brett Colville

 

    Ceiba i 

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Catalina 36 Mk II # 2299

 

 

 

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