Dyneema rigging
Tensioning our mizzen shrouds
So far today we have tensioned 6 of the 8 mizzen shrouds. All of them tensioned to at least 1,300kg and leaving them at over 1,000 for at least 15 minutes
Dyneema rigging
New video "What do we need to do to get our Mizzen Mast up?"
Our latest video is published :-) Our next big task, one we need to do before winter, is to get our Mizzen mast up. We haven't touched it for a long while, so couldn't remember quite where we had got to and where everything was. Several years
Dyneema rigging
My Wedding Anniversary present
Today is our 36th Wedding Anniversary. As a beautiful gift Jane has spliced two more of the 6mm dyneema guardlines 😍
Dyneema rigging
First guardline fitted!
Today we fitted our first guardline to our carbon fibre stanchions. It's on the port side from the forward side of the gate to the pulpit. We are using 6mm dyneema and as our stanchions are very high we are fitting 3 lines. We may well have to