Small things Mast rigging readjustment. ( not successful results - leaning more and more prep required ) Relaxed all stays and shrouds. Rechecked mast top position with halyard. it is positioned as much as I can check it. +/- 5mm on length of halyard (due to rope stretching hard to MEASURE exact difference) Next time plan to tie dyneema rope and use it to avoid stretch also make some jig out of caliper to measure exact distance to chain plates. Slightly tighten top shrouds and back stay in the vertical position. Checked mast straightness with with laser. in relaxed state mast has slight (consistent) bally to port side about 2". Will be nice to make laser holder to be able to mount laser to sail channel and have fine adjustments to set laser in left-right direction. I tryed to shape original mast left-right pre-bend with aft lowers. to set mast in column. AND IT WAS WRONG MOVE. Learning more manuals say to straightening mast with forward lowe...
Refitting and restoring a 47-year-old Irwin Citation 34 sailboat. Originally, this blog was created to motivate myself to continue this challenging project. It documents the DIY work step by step, done almost entirely single-handed. My goal is to make the boat seaworthy again, return her to salt water and sail. Sail more and sail seas.