dvd
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I would like to rig up a "flopper-stopper" type stabilizer off of my boom (for use at anchor), but I am concerned that my mast rigging is not set up adequately for this type of stress. I have a very substantial tabernacle and a heavy-duty stainless steel spreader/crown at the top of my mast. The crown has fittings for four shrouds (2 fore and 2 aft) but only the fore shrouds are in place, running to chainstays on the side of the bridge at about a 30 degree angle. While the boom is not in use, the martingales act as the aft shrouds. If I use the boom for the flopper-stopper I would then have no tension support to the mast from aft. Nordhavn solves this problem by using "strongbacks," or fixed tubing running from the cabintop to the mast and taking both tension and compression forces. I seems like it would be a simple fix to replace my standing rigging with strongbacks, but I have no idea what to use for material and/or connectors.
Any ideas? [37 ft. Newburyport, 13 ft. beam, 22T]
Thanks,
dvd
Any ideas? [37 ft. Newburyport, 13 ft. beam, 22T]
Thanks,
dvd