Bergstrom & Ridder Rig Problem

[Joe Henderson]

Dear Mark,

I have just had a look at the Discovery website and, if the Discovery 67 shown on that is the same as the one you are looking at, it looks to me that they have just made a swept spreader rig with a backstay and a few reverse diagonals thrown in for good measure, as against a pure B&R rig. ( As in, no backstay, lots of bend, deck mounted gooseneck braces, in-house designed windex etc.)

You may have luck with a normal tuning regime and just take some of the wobble out with the reverse diagonals after final tensioning.

Eitrher way, I reckon a backstay ram will help a lot.

Regards,

Joe Henderson.

[Mark Prymuszewski]

To everyone who responded; thank you. The plan is to step the mast next week. I will talk with the captain regarding the suggestions made. In rigging there is always an attempt to make something new out of what has worked fine in the past.

Regards to all.

Mark