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Posted by laf692002 (laf692002@…>)

Thanks to all the info here. This is my first season with my F36 so a lot of
things are new to me but that is the adventure of it all. Thanks to your
postings
here, I have found the correct way to rig the jib/camber spar on my F36 (which
of course was not riged right when purchased) however the rear of the spar
still strikes the mast during any tack. There is a 12in lead on the foot of the
jib.
If I do not use that and keep the foot tight to the fordeck, it works fine. If I
was
not to use thie 12in lead, why is it on the jib? Could this be a forstay tension
issue? Thanks in advance.

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Posted by Brian Guptil (sailordude@…>)


Most people and
riggers have the forestay tight. I have sailed a 32 and a 36 for a total
of 50k miles with the forestay having about 6 in of lateral play about 6 foot
up. With this and a proper jib and camberspar, there should be room to
avoid hitting the mast. Some may have put the lead to lift the jib so
that it doesn’t hit the pulpit, but the un-intended consequences is to
cause a problem elsewhere. Also, not all sails are specked by people with
reasonable expectations. I have seen a jib that was cut low so that it
was a deck sweeper to increase sail area. Of course it didn’t work
well.

Brian

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Subject: [freedomyachts2003]
Camber Spar hitting mast

Thanks to all the info here. This is my first season
with my F36 so a lot of
things are new to me but that is the adventure of
it all. Thanks to your postings
here, I have found the correct way to rig the
jib/camber spar on my F36 (which
of course was not riged right when purchased)
however the rear of the spar
still strikes the mast during any tack.
There is a 12in lead on the foot of the jib.
If I do not use that and keep the foot tight to
the fordeck, it works fine. If I was
not to use thie 12in lead, why is it on the jib?
Could this be a forstay tension
issue? Thanks in advance.



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Posted by CMarshall (cmars@…>)

This issue has come up in the past. The other recommendation that I
have tried is to tie the bottom of the jib to the stay. Just where
the lead attaches to the jib loop a line through the eye and around
the stay. Keep this tight enough to pull the jib to the stay. This
worked for me on my F29 which had a fairly tight stay. I also looked
at changing the length of the camberspar since it looked like it could
be adjusted, but didn’t have to as the line did the trick for me.
Charles, 1983 F32.


— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “laf692002”
<laf692002@y…>
wrote:

Thanks to all the info here. This is my first season with my F36 so
a
lot of
things are new to me but that is the adventure of it all. Thanks to
your postings
here, I have found the correct way to rig the jib/camber spar on my
F36 (which
of course was not riged right when purchased) however the rear of
the
spar
still strikes the mast during any tack. There is a 12in lead on
the
foot of the jib.
If I do not use that and keep the foot tight to the fordeck, it
works
fine. If I was
not to use thie 12in lead, why is it on the jib? Could this be a
forstay tension
issue? Thanks in advance.

4

Posted by Lzranch (lzranch@…>)

To prevent the camber spar from hitting the mast you need to attach a
shackel around the headstay and jib tack (at the top of the lead at the
foot of the jib). This will hold the jib leech and camber spar away
from the mast. Good luck.

Mark
F35 Freeradical
On May 23, 2005, at 9:39 PM, laf692002 wrote:

Thanks to all the info here. This is my first season with my F36 so a
lot of
things are new to me but that is the adventure of it all. Thanks to
your postings
here, I have found the correct way to rig the jib/camber spar on my
F36 (which
of course was not riged right when purchased) however the rear of the
spar
still strikes the mast during any tack. There is a 12in lead on the
foot of the jib.
If I do not use that and keep the foot tight to the fordeck, it works
fine. If I was
not to use thie 12in lead, why is it on the jib? Could this be a
forstay tension
issue? Thanks in advance.

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