Mast tuning.

[john engelhardt]

Hello all, I need someone to tune Pineapple’s rigging. Any suggestions?

Thanks, John Engelhardt

[Dion Shea]

Hi John, 

If you want to tackle yourself or get more familiar with tuning, then this Selden guide may be useful. 

selden-tuning.pdf https://share.google/JY6jVj5ZZSEoBKBcU

Cheese, 

Dion

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 8:39 AM john engelhardt <jeng...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all, I need someone to tune Pineapple’s rigging. Any suggestions?

Thanks, John Engelhardt

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[Kenneth nilsen]

The riggers I know of are hard to get a hold of this time of year, due to racing commitments around the country. 

As Dion states its not too hard to do. You could use a loose guage or just measure your turn buckles. Measure the distance between the threaded rod ends, and tighten them until they are an even measurement. Tighten and sail, usually a good measure of tightness is the leeward shrouds going slack while sailing to weather in 10-15 knots of winds. 

Measuring the distance between the ends of the threaded rod is a good way to have a repeatable rig tune year to year. Once I have a rig setting that I feel is good for my boat I use a vernier caliper to get the measurement between the ends of my shrouds in the turnbuckle and repeat every spring. 

Thank You,

Ken Nilsen

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[Michael Belanich]

I have a selden rig tuning gauge that you can borrow 

Michael

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