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Author Setting the tension using a Loos P2
Buzz Lovelace
Calabasas CA

Boat Name: The Vital Spark

Model/Year: 1971

Hull No. 15

Hailing Port: Ventura CA
03/06/2010 10:58 AM Pacific Time

Can any one give me the tension settings, for stays and shrouds using a Loos P2 Tension guage.

Thanks Buzz
Buzz Lovelace
Calabasas CA

Boat Name: The Vital Spark

Model/Year: 1971

Hull No. 15

Hailing Port: Ventura CA
03/06/2010 10:59 AM Pacific Time

Sorry the boats a Catalina 27'
R. C. Luiken
Milford, DE

Boat Name: Ricochet

Model/Year: C-22 Swing Keel/1986

Hull No. 13560

Hailing Port: Milford, DE/St. Michaels, MD
03/07/2010 5:27 AM Pacific Time

First you have to find out what the settings are for your boat. North Sails web site has tuning guides for many boats. Their guide for C-22s are listed in lbs, tension. Go to the Loos web site and they will tell you what the number settings for several diameters of rigging are equal to in lbs. For instance 18 on the Loos gauge may be 80 lbs for one diameter, 100 for another and 125 for yet another.
 
 
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