8" of snow one day and gone the next. A very respectable 68 degrees today.  
No wind however.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 3/15/2014 1:17:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cover-man at comcast.net writes:

Thanks,  Rummy, complete agreement here.  Why sail  uptight, right?  There 
is no logic I know for keeping the stays more than  hand-tight.  How did you 
fare with snow at  Hartwell?

Best,

Art

On Feb 15, 2014 6:56 AM,  R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>
> 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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