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    • 05/05/2014 at 9:04 pm #4256
      norman
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      I have sailed a Holt Speed Mk 2 for a few years but never got round to serious tuning.  I had the opportunity to borrow a Loos Rig tension gauge at the weekend so thought I would see how the boat should be set up.  Although the gauge is metric, I think my mental arithmetic is adequate to tell me that 400 lbs is off the scale.  Am I doing something wrong or do I need to hire a gorilla to assist with rigging?

    • 06/05/2014 at 6:31 am #4261
      Mike Senior
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      Hi Norman,

      Assuming your wire is 3mm in diameter, I think 400lbs is just under mark “28”.

      – image from flying fifteen site.

      hope this helps.

      Mike

    • 12/05/2014 at 10:16 pm #4312
      norman
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      Thanks Mike, sorry for the delayed acknowledgement.  Perhaps I wasn’t looking carefully enough at the gauge, I could have sworn it didn’t read as high as the illustration.

      Norman

    • 14/05/2014 at 1:19 pm #4319
      plnorton1@btinternet.com
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      Yes the PT-1M is metric ie kilograms..So 400 lbs = 181.44 kilograms  Had me stumped at first whilst setting the tension on the shrouds, we just don’t like reading instructions do we.Paul

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