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S&S Swan Maintenance - Forestay length Swan 57
10 May 2010 - 11:22
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nakesa
Join Date: 17 March 2010
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Forestay length Swan 57

Dear owners

I have broken the forestay on my Swan 57 (at sea close hauled....quite scary!!!). The result was that the forestay is bent and broken and hard to measure. I have riggers taking measurements that differ from my own.

Does anyone know how I would get the correct designed length of the forestay, or better still, rod dimension for the Reckmann gear, to check the results we have?

 

Thank you

 

Graham
13 May 2010 - 12:58
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the professor
Join Date: 02 January 2008
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Graham

The records say that the original mast has been replaced with a Hood furling spar 1991. It is possible that the forestay length has changed in connection with this.

Did the stay break at the top?

Lars
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