[quote=MN3]i was told to tighten my forestay as tight as possible where it didn't impede on mast rotation
I use a Portuguese turnbuckle system atop my furler drum and in most conditions will tie 3 or 4 wraps of my halyard around the ring/thimble and then give it a good yank down to set and tighten it. I knowi will lose some ( 5-10% ?) of the tension when i tie my rolling hitch and with creep - so i plan ahead for that.
in 15-20knots i will go a bit extra tight because i want my rigging tight and responsive
on afew occasions in light air i realized i had over tightened my forestay and it was impeding on rotation, so i had to manually move my rotator limiter to the other side each tack....[/quote]
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