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3316 Wot More Pudding will not now be attending after sustaining major damage on Wednesday night. It's only be back on the water for 3 weeks after complete refurb.

I'll be there with my pudding, sailing both  days but  not for the evening . I believe  that Arthur  Bedford will also be there from midland s.c. Too.

Excellent news for us at Midland. Looking forward to welcoming as many people as possible and maybe we can make it a regular fixture!

Thank you very much for the responses. I do like the idea o being able to rake the rig when the wind builds. I can't quite visualise the coarse/fine adjustment system so a drawing would be invaluable.
Cheers. Ian

Can anyone advise on the msot effective system for rig adjustment. I'm fitting a brand new carbon rig into a Crusader, there are no fittings in the boat so I have a blank canvass to work with.
Should I set it up so that the rig can be raked while sailing, i.e. jib halyard and shrouds can be adjusted from either side of the boat, enabling the shroud tension to remain the same. If so, how can the leeward shroud tension be released for downwind?
Or, should the shrouds be independant of each other and even rig tension be managed via calibration marks of some sort?
Some pictures of existing systems would be good.
Help! Thanks very much.:-/
 

I've just started a similar project on Wot No Pudding, (Crusader 3316) and although the paint on the hull is in a pretty poor state, I've been advised by a boat repairer friend of mine, to sand back to the good stuff rather than strip completely, for the reasons given by Chalky and JimC

I've just purchased the hull of What More Pudding/Wot No Pudding from Arthur Bedford from Midland S.C. Where I am also a member. Now in the process of refurbing her, before a complete new Carbon rig over the winter. Photos to follow.
Ian

I aquired this lovely boat in great condition from Phil Scott earlier this month and having given the topsides a bit of a refurb, i'm in the process of putting the fittings back on and away we go.
Picture to follow shortly.