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    Rigging help please!

    Thank you Bill for the help. So today I did just that, I brought the mast step to the aft most position, all my adjusters are the single 10 hole ones, and my stay wires are 3/32 not 1/8. I'm not sure if that is making a difference or not, but I am still able to get the tension with it. I have...
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    Rigging help please!

    Ok so I understand the mast rake is controlled by the jib halyard. Last week I took the boat out for the first time and raced it in a Portsmouth race and got killed. I have never sailed this boat before and am quickly learning that something is not right.420's and lasers are way different. So...
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    Rigging help please!

    I have a 73 and got it pretty empty. It has a holt Allen mast and boom which seem not to exist anymore. Seems like it only has one tensioner for both the main and jib, when both sails are raised the forestry is extremely lose. I wondering if the shrouds are stretched so much theat I can't make...

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