[C320-list] Standing Rigging-Winter Layup

[Scott Thompson]

Rick, I don't have a cradle and my boat sits on a keel block and lots of 
jackstands provided by the yard when I haul out, including jackstands at 
the bow and stern. This is the normal situation on the Chespapeake in my 
experience. I would think that any hull deflection sufficient to be 
visually detectable at the strut would be something to try to avoid in 
the first place through better support of the hull. No?

On 9/25/2015 9:35 AM, Rick Sulewski wrote:
> Kaare,
> No problems keeping the rigging set in its seasonal settings as long as the
> stays are not set too tight. With the boat resting on its keel here on the
> southern shore of Lake Erie in Sandusky Bay Ohio where the winter temps go
> well below zero, there will be some natural seasonal adjustments to the hull
> that will change the tension dynamics of the standing rigging, not to also
> discount the other tension effects of the temperature swings from fall, to
> winter, to spring, and even the vibration of the hull within the cradle due
> to any extreme wind conditions while on the hard. After 21 winter storage
> seasons we have not detected  an adverse impact upon the rigging, while we
> also DO NOT have the rigging set very tightly while it is resting at the
> dock. However, if you keep the rigging under high tension at the dock you
> may experience even higher tension on the hard as the stern will naturally
> deflect while it is stretched over the cradle and that may further tighten
> the backstay & forestay. I can detect a hull change  that takes place after
> about a week on the hard when I can begin to see the prop shaft deflecting
> in the strut where the shaft contacts the edges of cutlass bearing vs. less
> hull deflection when the boat is first placed on the hard.
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of Kaare Wold
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 12:13 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Standing Rigging-Winter Layup
>
> Skippers-Here in Wisconsin we haul out, winterize, cover, and store outdoors
> with mast up.  Is it advisable to loosen each turnbuckle a couple of turns
> or is it ok to leave the rig tensioned as is?  Thanks for your comments and
> advice on this debated subject.
> Kaare Wold. Sheet Music #945
>
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