[RookieHunter]

I have a bad habit of digging into subjects and asking questions until I learn a little bit. I''ve asked so many people about this tuning that I have a basis for the original sail and I''ll read up after that. I''m going back to my slip tomorrow and I''ll tighten it all down again, but the last answer from duane was incredibly helpful. My shrouds are set back aft about 12-14" and the back stay splits about 6 feet up and goes to each corner of the stern. Problem is no matter how much I loosened the back stay and the shrouds, I couldn''t pull the top of the mast foreward because the forestay only goes up to within 6 foot or so of the top of the mast. So with the forestay tightened I was still left with a slight curve forward in the mast. I couldn''t remove it without putting undue pressue on my deck plate (called the "step" I think). So thanks again guys. I don''t know what I would do without sailnet. Please throw in pointers if I''m still off a little (or a lot).