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Home Maintenance, Repairs, Upgrades & Additions Rigging Rigging Tension Table by Brian Stewart

Rigging Tension Table by Brian Stewart

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 Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Mizzen Mizzen Mizzen Mizzen Mizzen Mizzen Mizzen Mizzen
All Reading  Stdb Stdb Stdb Stdb Stdb Port Port Port Port Port Stdb Stdb Stdb Stdb Port Port Port Port
Loos Model B Lower Lower Mid Upper Back Lower Lower Mid Upper Back Lower Lower Mid Upper Lower Lower Mid Upper
Tension Guage Forward Aft   Forward Aft   Forward Aft   Forward Aft  
 
Name FSLF FSLA FSM FSU FSB FPLF FPLA FPM FPU FPB ASLF ASLA ASM ASU APLF APLA APM APU
 
Menehune 35 32 27 thump 26 35 30 34 thump 30 20   21 20 18 25 15  
 
Morning Light 35 40   twang oversize 35 41   twang oversize 6 3 27 12 5 5 30 15
 
Alembic 37 30 30 thump   37 33 34 thump   24   25 35 26   23 36
 
Tytanic 39 37   thump 34 39 35   thump 34 24   31 25 25   30 28
 
Windreka III 39 40 38   37 37 41 37   37 24   33 26 22   32 27
 
Janus 40 38   twang 42 37 35   twang 45 37   41 39 36   41 39
 
Pilgrim 40 40 40 46 40 40 40 40 46 40 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
 
Starshine 316 44 41   thump 39 42 43   thump 40 27   35 30 27   44 42
 
Runaway oversize oversize oversize oversize oversize oversize oversize oversize oversize oversize 30 37 40 37 35 39 37 37
 
Akula oversize oversize oversize twang oversize oversize oversize oversize twang oversize 30   42 34 33   42 33
 
Lbs Tension  
 
Avg 38.6 37.3 33.8 46.0 36.3 37.8 37.3 36.3 46.0 37.7 24.4 18.0 30.8 27.5 24.0 21.0 31.0 31.4
Mean 38.5 37.0 33.3   37.7 37.0 36.2   22.0 9.9 30.2 26.0 21.2 16.0 29.6 30.0
SD 2.8 3.8 5.4 0.0 5.2 2.3 4.3 2.5 0.0 4.8 8.1 15.2 6.7 8.0 9.0 12.8 8.5 7.6
 
316  1x19 s/s Wire Breaking 10% Loos Model B Reading   cross sectional area  
      Wire  Size BrS/CsA  
3/16 3960 396 19 not used   0.027612   3/16 143417.7  
7/32 5445 550 28 mizzen - all   0.037583   7/32 144881.1  
1/4 7090 710 37 main - shrouds   0.049087   1/4 144436.3  
9/32 8500 850 44 not used   0.062126   9/32 136818.2  
3/8 14500 1450 48 upper - stay   0.110447   3/8 131285.1  
1/2 25680 2568   not used   0.19635   1/2 130787.2  
 
 
  0.027613 0.037584 0.049089 0.062128  
  0.1875 0.21875 0.25 0.28125  
  143412.8 144876.2 144431.4 136813.6  
 
Loos Model B   Wire Size (LBS TENSION)  
Scale 3/16 7/32 1/4 9/32  
10 240  
15 320  
18 380  
20 420 300  
22 480 360  
24 540 410 250  
26 620 480 280  
28 740 560 340  
30 880 660 400  
32 1080 780 480  
34 1400 960 580  
36   1210 680  
38   1600 840 400  
39   1850 940 460  
40   1060 530  
41   1210 600  
42   1460 670  
43   1800 750  
44   850  
45   980  
46   1120  
47   1330  
49   2000  
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