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Originally Posted by Giulietta
Xuraax, sorry I was not responding earlier.
I am away from home but for now this will do.
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Don't worry about it. I have just returned from abroad myself.
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Originally Posted by Giulietta
To answer your question...the max safe amount of mast bend, by action of a backstay, in any normal mast should not be more than 2 to 3% of the distance from the mast base (for keel steped and cabin stepped) to the mast top. ie. The lenght of the whole mast.
So if the mast is keel stepped, the distance inside the cabin counts too..
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Ahhh!!! indeed it is good to finally have some numbers on which to work on.
I will do the actual mast measurements this weekend but for now, doing an estimate based on the I specifications and adding 2m for the part of the mast inside the cabin I estimate that the total mast length is 16m. This would mean a maximum allowable bend of 32cms(2%) to 48cms(3%).
Does this sound about right?
regards