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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Good
Evening Everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
have been working away at our first attempt at stepping the mast and tuning the
rig on our boat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On
our previous boats with a keel step, we have always worked to centre the mast
in the partners with wedges.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
have checked the mast for plumb and it is straight up and down per the manual.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many
thanks in advance for any advice or assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Brett Colville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:
Andes;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Andes;color:#1F497D'>Ceiba i</span></b><b><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:Andes;color:#1F497D'>
toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Catalina
36 Mk II # 2299<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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