NOHUHU wrote:
Steve and Ron, the only caution I would give when expanding the turnbuckles is to avoid excessive pushing of the vbrace on the hull bottom. If you are creating a distinct bulge there, you may be taking the wrong approach. 1/8" is not a radical adjustment though.
Yep... I was quite worried about this myself.... As I am near the end of the adustment on the turnbuckles... Although at this point it isn't causing a ton of pressure nor deflection.
NOHUHU wrote:
Ron, In my experience the bearing plate does not sit parallel to the hull. It has a forward/downward angle on most of the boats I have seen.
This because it is easily bent like that or because ????
This is what I started with...
The drum is very securely epoxied into this position by previous owner.
Repairs done here due to "dismasting" Not sure how the hell it happened... but...
At first glance I thought maybe the mess inside the hull was causing the mast to rake aft... Closer inspection shows the bearing plate is bent down... Not saying the mast might have some aft rake it shouldn't... but the plate is clearly bent..
I had put a pretty significant amount of pressure in the turnbuckles to get the mast to lock in in these pictures... After massaging some things it now requires much less pressure...
I will check the location of the drum shortly...