I don’t think I understand how the horizontal bar under the deck with the turnbuckle is involved. I know it is supposed to be horizontal when the jib is attached and under tension. How do you adjust for tension/horizontal and retain desired forestay tension? Also, when I was looking at buying a FS, a prospective seller told me that if I wanted to moor the boat, I should attach the jib halyard to the bow fixture and take up the slack in order that the forestay not saw itself on the bow fixture. Is this good advice?
Thanks for explaining this. #473 getting some restoration and hopefully get wet this summer. Going to practice rig in the driveway this weekend.
I don’t think I understand how the horizontal bar under the deck with the turnbuckle is involved. I know it is supposed to be horizontal when the jib is attached and under tension. How do you adjust for tension/horizontal and retain desired forestay tension? Also, when I was looking at buying a FS, a prospective seller told me that if I wanted to moor the boat, I should attach the jib halyard to the bow fixture and take up the slack in order that the forestay not saw itself on the bow fixture. Is this good advice?