DRAGONFLY Trimarans User Forum

In the manual there is a reference to the rig tension table.
Does anybody have these values for the rig tension?

Using the backstays to adjust your rig do the following:
1) Light wind, set them by hand without using a winch handle.
2) Medium wind, use the winch handle lightly to add tension.
3) Heavy wind, set the backstays on the self tailing winch as hard as you can, turning the winch handle with only one hand.

Buy a Loos Rig tension gauge and make sure your rig is balanced (equal - port and starboard)
Mark your backstay lines in the three areas, light, medium, heavy - all set.

Welcome to the site.
Ted

In case somebody else follows this thread, I got these values form another forum as they are presented in the manual:


Dragonfly 800 Cruising / Racing.

DF 800 CR Diamond stays
SCALE value 20,5

DF 800 RC Diamond stays Forward diamond Check stays
SCALE value 28,5 29,5 18,0
LOOS & CO professional tension gauge model PT-2M.

Nille,

What are the units of the tension?

Walter

The unit is the LOOS-scale used on the actual instrument.

If I remember to take the manual of the boat I can convert the values.