[MHml] mast woes

[Chris Ostlind]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gibbs" <BillG at GibbsCAM.com>


 We are not looking for prebend however, as much as avoiding slack diamonds 
on the unloaded side.


 Slack diamonds as in: Not able to slip their fixturing points on the 
spreaders, or what?  How do you avoid any slack side diamonds, Bill? If the 
leeward shrouds are somewhat slack, aren't the leeward diamonds also slack 
to some lesser degree as well?

I guess what I'm saying is that the load has to go somewhere, and if it 
isn't in the rig, it has to be put through the forward beam. I could be way 
off base here, but I suspect that all these components are stretching and 
flexing to some extent and they relieve the direct loadings in that 
adaptable fashion.

Chris