Wiring
Gently tackling loads of jobs
We thought we would have a gentle recovery day but ...
Dyneema rigging
Back at stretching dyneema rigging
Jane has finished the first 8 chainplate loops in 12mm dyneema for the main mast (we don't need one for the forestay and the inner forestay will be different). Plus she has finished 3.5 of the 4 lower shrouds (also 12mm dyneema). So we are back to
Dyneema rigging
New video out "DIY chainplates: Splicing, knotting and fitting"
This is how we make our dyneema chainplates. We are experimenting with moving our regular video release to Mondays as the upload is so much faster at home.
Dyneema rigging
Video: Stretching our DIY Mizzen Dyneema shrouds and chainplates
Our next video is live! We have finished splicing all 6 mizzen shrouds (technically 4 plus 2 forestays) plus the 2 running backstays as well as all 8 chainplate loops. Now all the shrouds & stays need to be stretched to tighten the splices where the weave was opened when
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