[quote=Dogboy][quote=bajadrew] you brought up some things i had not accounted for with the effects of further mast rake and such.. just how slack should the fore-stay be? that my be too long as well cause with the jib up there's a few feet of slack in my fore-stay. [/quote]
There is no defined amount of "slack" for the forestay. It depends on how long the forestay is, the shroud length, the era that the boat was built in, if extra adjusters have been added to the bridle wires, etc. The point is that when the boat is rigged, there should be zero tension on the forestay wire. The forestay is only there to support the mast until the jib is raised. Once the jib is up, the luff wire in the jib and the jib halyard line support all of the forward mast load, nothing on the forestay. Tension the jib halyard until the shrouds are "snug."
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