Art,
RumRunner is an 88 model and still has the original standing rigging as  
well as the original 175 Lee Sails Genny. My lee shrouds are always loose. I  
never, ever use anything other than my hand strength to tighten the 
turnbuckles.  My stays have never stretched (to my knowledge).
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 2/14/2014 4:35:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cover-man at comcast.net writes:

John,

Mark makes a good point.  The lee stays should be  loose on a tack.  I saw 
one of our boats last fall with too-tight stays  throughout and the cabin 
roof and mast step were visible depressed as a  consequence.  I would advise 
getting an opinion from another sailing  skipper.

Rummy, you there in the Hartwell snow?  You sail under  the extreme winds - 
do you experience stretch in your stays?

My caution  relates more to the cabin roof and mast step than to the cost 
of replacing and  upgrading the stays. 

Best to you,

Art
s/v  MaryJane
Atlanta/St Pete

On Feb 13, 2014 9:45 PM, Mark Osterbrock  <mark.osterbrock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> John, 
>  Consider the possibility that it is your boat that has changed its 
>  shape with age and excessive tension and not your rigging that has 
>  stretched. 
>
> John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:  
>
>
> Hi all, 
>
>   The time has come to  replace the 40+ yr old standing rigging on my 
boat. 
> Over the years  the 1/8" wire has stretched enough to take up all the 
slack 
> in my  turnbuckles. I keep my side stays at 180 lbs. of tension and about 
100  
> on the baby stays. At about 10* of heel the stays stretch so much the  
lee 
> side stays are dangling free. I'm considering upgrading to 5/32  wire to 
> combat this. I will add additional ballast to compensate for  additional 
> weight aloft. Am I being over cautious ?  As always  comments are 
welcome. 
>
> Will this winter never end ? ? ?  
> Death to the groundhog. 
> John S  
>
>
>
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