[quote=Dogboy]On a Hobie 16, the shroud position in the adjuster should have no impact on your ability to pin the forestay. I.e., you should be able to have both shrouds in the bottom hole of the adjusters and still have plenty of looseness in the rig that pinning the forestay isn’t difficult. If that’s not the case, you can switch to a 10 hole adjuster on the bridle connection or add a second adjuster to the bridle so there is more slack in the forestay. The rig should be very loose when only being supported by the forestay.
Once the jib is hoisted, the jib halyard/jib luff wire takes all of the load and the forestay will go slack. The setting of the shroud adjusters sets your mast rake and in general, you want to just pull the jib halyard so the rig is snug. Too tight and the mast won’t rotate easily. Too loose and the mast will bang around in the chop/waves.
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