[C320-list] rigging

[Warren Updike]

In the Selden Manual I have the cap shroud is clamped in the spreader tip on
the upper spreader.  In the lower spreader, the cap shroud runs free and the
intermediate shroud is clamped.  On both spreaders, there should be a
6-degree upward angle held tightly by the shroud clamped in the end-cap.
Both spreaders should be able to support your weight without slipping.  If
your spreader tips have two holes for shrouds, one should be clampable and
one should not.  And so it goes.

Warren & Pattie Updike
1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Cox [mailto:scox at timmin.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:00 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] rigging

 
> Also there are 2 holes in the upper spreader and only one shown in the 
> rigging diagram. Which hole should the cap shroud go through?  Hull 
> 978 2004 without in mast furling Thanks
> 


If your rig is a Selden rig it definitely matters which hole the cap shroud
goes through as only one of the two holes in the cap at the end of the
spreader actually clamps the spreader to the shroud.  The other hole leaves
the spreader free to slip out of alignment.

Refer to
http://lists.catalina320.com/pipermail/c320-list-catalina320.com/2010-Octobe
r/034127.html for previous correspondence on this.


Stephen Cox
Tegwen #1141
Canberra AUSTRALIA