Mast Plate
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| The Mast Plate
goes under the tabernackle and provides a mounting point
for turning blocks and related hardware. It is a great
convenience over attaching eye pads to the deck. Notice
that I fabricated a 3/4" shim to
raise the mast slightly. This resulted in more
'adjustment' to the rigging, and allowed me to give the
rig a bit of mast rake. Previously, the
boat had no mast rake at all and considerable leeward
helm. On older boats the rigging (shrouds/stays) tends to stretch out a fraction of an inch, giving too much play in the rigging. Previously, I could not properly adjust the rig because I needed to bottom out both forestay and backstay turnbuckles just to get adequate tension on the rig. Raising the entire mast by 3/4" (via the shim) has the net effect of shortening all the stays by a similar amount. Now, everything is O.K. ! |