Peter Scott

Male

Curtis Bay, MD

United States

Profile Information:

Profile Type:
Vessel
Homeport:
Stoney Beach, Maryland
About Me:
I have a Cal 31 and love to sail. I expect to retire on the biggest boat I can afford, within my pocketbook, and join up with some interesting people along the way.
Current location:
Stoney Beach, Maryland,
Destinations visited:
Sailed everywhere on ships, now want to take it easy and sail back to places I have seen, but never visited.
Looking to:
Meet people with similar goals, people who enjoy their CAL sailboats, they are so much fun, and anyone that would like to meet.

Comment Wall:

  • Kevin Oelschlager

    I have the specs for wire size tension on my Cal 31. I will get it this weekend and post.

    Nov 25, 2012

  • Richard A. Labadie

    Hi Peter,  I have owned and sailed "Zephyr" a Cal 29 Hull 34 since 1976.  The process I have used to tension the standing rigging follows the recommendations of Bill Lapworth in his rig tuning letter of 1970 or 1971.

    Ensure that the mast is plumb to the boat and in collumn.  Take the boat out and sail it in ten to twelve knots of wind. Sail close hauled on both starbord and port tacks.  Adjust both the uppers and the lowers so that the mast remains in collumn while under moderate load. 

    This tuning method provides for a good performing rig while maintaining low static loads in the rig.  Head stay sag is adjusted by tensioning the backstay adjuster. 

    Zephyr has a split backstay witha double block arrangement that is used to reduce the distance between the backstays after the split.  This arrangement is simple and is quite effective in controling headstay sag. 

     

    Richard Labadie 

    Nov 26, 2012