[quote=Edchris177][quote]The wires with forks are slightly shorter than the wires with thimbles [/quote]
If you have them, put them on & be done with it. You can tinker all year, or sail, unless you prefer the tinkering to actual sailing:-).
If you do the math, it's all high school trig(just assume a 500lb load), you will find that the slightly different angles that the two different lengths give, don't amount to a mouse fart in a hurricane.
You still achieve the desired mast rake via a 10 hole adjuster between bridals & forestay. If the forked bridals are slightly shorter, that will DECREASE your rake slightly.
As to rake, 3-4-5, so what?
It's a 30 year old boat, with 30 year sails, & a non Olympic skipper at the wheel. Spending more time on the water will make you go faster than obsessing over a degree or two of mast rake.[/quote]
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