On return to NZ my first task was to tune the rig and get her nice and tight. Fractional rigs have more rake aft and higher tension on the cap shrouds than your typical masthead rigged boats.
The old Rogue still has the original Kemp (Selden) single spreader, tapered mast configuration but I pimped it up with 8mm dyform rigging, new turnbuckles and chainplates as part of my 2012-13 refit, so its very critical to get the tune correct.
I use both Spinlock and Loos tension gauges to ensure tension readings side to side are as close as possible to each other and my selected % of the wire specification.
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