Tightening leeward shrouds while sailing

[hellosailor]

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"Tartan "makes good"
Tartan invets owners to tartan hulls 58 - 110 (3700). 2002 - 2007 for free inspection. Repairs will be made at no expense to owners if defects are found."

ROFL. I suspect that under federal warranty laws they are legally liable for manufacturing defects, especially concealed defects, and consequential damages of those defects. A catastrophic hull failure could involve several deaths, with the value on one death being around $2-3 million dollars (generally used by the FAA). Free inspection? They should be scared ****less of any hull that they can't inspect, in order to make sure there are no other time bombs out there.

But then again, as so many articles on "Why the recession?" are starting to say, finance and management types looking to make a buck (as opposed to establishing a long-term business with long-term goals) may just need to be banned. (Sure, easy.<G>)

[niftynickers]

In my humble opinion Tartan and their lawyers were attempting to blame the (victim)boat owner rather than the (perpetrator) the boat builder.I cant see any way that tightening the shrouds should cause the hull to crack at the keel joint like that boat did.It was a poorly laid up hull that failed in choppy seas--period.Can you even imagine a PS boat failing that way? I surely cannot!
Dianne and Chuck Burke S/V NiftyNickers C37 #139-heading for warm weather

[DaveMancini]

Originally Posted by SEMIJim

Consider: There's got to be a way to adjust turnbuckles w/o taking all the load off them. What about the fore- and back-stays? What about when you want to un-step the mast?

Jim

You can remove some tension in the fore and back stays by setting a halyard up hard fore or aft. It's best to have both parts of the halyard led fore or aft with the tailing part led back to a winch, but you can still get some slack into a stay with one part only.

Dave Mancini
PSC34 #305 Swan