Checking and Tuning your Standing Rigging

Point higher on both Port and Starboard tacks and prevent damage to your standing rigging by checking and tuning your rig. This video cover easy ways to check to see if the mast is leaning to one side or the other and to check the tension on the standing rigging.

[christopherstevenson]

Nice intro to tensioning. Would love to see more about using a tensioner gage! Thx

[oahukiteboarder]

thank u 4 gettiong right into it... for NOT having music background
this is a GREAT video

[MattO]

Getting into sailing can be daunting, your videos are quite informative!

[carlososti]

very informative. I did like the simplicity you described it.

[videog]

Very informative Captain Lang. Nice use of the Loos Gauge!

[nancytran]

Very useful 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing Captain Lang 👏👏👏

[svhappymondays]

Wow top tip now where did I put my tape measure,

[jaimepaiva]

really nice videos, Captain. thank you!

[sylviobasque]

Excellente vidéo. But i think you are wrong on the 1 inch difference gonna make your top of the mast off of 1/2 a inch. What is true is if you have one inch more on one side. The correction is give 1/2 inch from the other side and take 1/2 inch from that one side.
But in the case you have like in this exemple one inch difference. So the the mistake is 1/2 inch. Let say your boat is 10 ft large and 40 ft high. The triangle (5x40) keep his angle. It rotate from the base 1/2 inch the top gonna move about 8 time more (40/5=8) . So the top of the mast should be like 1/2 x 8 = 4 inches off. 4inches off gonna certainly make difference in the sailing performances. That is why it is important to be as accurate as possible to center the mast.

[kylebeetham]

Could you give some tips on slowing and going into reverse? My boat has a lot of prop walk and I struggle switching to reverse

[mrzif]

great advice. i was going to ask the size of a 20' boats shrouds my new to me boat has a tall mast and spaghetti thin cable for shrouds that size needs to be large enough to handle the load i have little these will.

[marshalkrieg]

I bought a 18 foot ODay sailboat, almost on a whim, its in my driveway. I dont feel confident about setting up the mast and rigging, I might hire somebody for that.

[jetlaggedchef]

Thanks for the great video! When you were under way and tugging on the rigging on the lee side, would you consider yours loose or tight with that much give?

[deborahdoyle]

Your audio started with there are several things that can cause this issue but I have no idea what issue you were concerned about.

[dmearsGolf]

Should be mandatory for all club maintenance managers.

[seanrhone]

Using a bungee cord when checking the length of the shrouds does not sound very exact.The fact that bungee cords stretch is a huge issue. I prefer to hook a tape measure to a halyard and run it up the mast and use that to check the distance.