Yup, fits just fine.
Alan wrote:Hmmmm. Same situation as yours. I ended up loosening the shroud turnbuckles a lot, and using the top hole in the lever, and then tightening the turnbuckles. My crew was not pleased with the time it took to rig the boat, so maybe I'll put the jib halyard into play. Some backyard practice wouldn't hurt, either...
Alan, I meant to mention that it was my understanding that the purpose of the lever is to be able to "set and forget" the shroud turnbuckles, and have a "one adjustment-fits-all" solution, but in my experience with it, the "travel" of the lever is not great enough to tension the rig enough on it's own. Part of the reason for that might be the mast hinge - need to talk to Rudy about that. When I tighten the turnbuckles enough so that I can *just* get the forestay eye pinned into the top hole by hand, then close the lever, there is not *near* enough overall rig tension. When I tighten them some more, to the point where I can *just* get the forestay eye pinned into the top hole with the help of jib halyard tension, then close the lever, I get pretty good overall rig tension. But at that point, the mast bends aft between hinge and spreaders, forward between spreaders and hounds, then aft from there up. Doubt this is an optimal mast pre-bend, but at least I get leeward shrouds that don't go slack until up to about 10-12 kts of wind. Again, with a one-piece mast, the geometry of it all might be completely different?
All I did in order to be able to use the jib halyard to pre-tension was add an eyebolt to the forward mast support on the trailer. I clip the jib halyard shackle to that before stepping the mast, then when it's up I just cleat off the JH as tight as I can, then attach the forestay to the lever. Still playing around with the "system/setup checklist", and quite honestly haven't had too many chances to try it out since I installed it all ...