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Here's what I came up with today. We took her out for a sail, winds 4-8knots, not great but better than nothing even if we didn't get to 15 degrees heel. On a port tack, the lower lee shroud is too loose, it wobbles. On the starboard tack(with less wind), the lower lee shroud was good. So that is consistent with the numbers I came up with when I checked at dock, port lower shroud is looser than starboard. The only bend I saw was on the port tack from the upper shroud to the masthead, bent to starboard. So that would mean that my port side intermediate is too loose. (guessing from what I have read). The wind didn't last too long, and by the time I got to a starboard tack(having too much fun), I don't think there was enough heel to really check the other side. The cap shrouds seemed to stay pretty tight the whole time. Is that too tight? They are set at 15% of breaking point. Seems okay to me. I went and checked some other boats and if anything, they felt tighter than mine. So, not very conclusive, but nothing very obviously wrong either.
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