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On 16 Sep 2005 15:08:13 -0700, wrote:

I have been experiencing a problem when beating in moderate+ winds. My
foresail is a masthead rig(?)a large genoa & really 'bangs' when
sailing close to the wind, this in turn is transmitted down the mast. I
know that the rigging is probably on the slack side, particularily the
forestay (its at the end of its adjustment at the bottlescrew), would
this be the likely cause or should I be looking elsewhere?

Check for compression at the mast/mast step. If your rigging is at
the end of it's adjustment, and the rig is still lose, there's a
reasonable chance your mast has sunk, for whatever reason. Possibly
you just need to tighten the back stay a little more to get the head
stay tight.

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