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joshuaheard
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Initially Posted - 04/01/2002 :  17:53:19  Show Profile  Visit joshuaheard's Homepage
Other than actually measuring the height of my mast, is there any way to tell if I have a tall rig or standard rig?
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Response Posted - 04/01/2002 :  19:16:35  Show Profile
I have heard in this forum that a tall rig mast is two feet higher than a standard rig and the boom is one foot lower? So if the boom whacks your head during an accidental gibe, you have a standard rig and if it hits you in the chest, it's a tall rig.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 04/01/2002 :  22:07:40  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
you could measure your sail.
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Rick Heaverly 86 C25 5382
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Response Posted - 04/02/2002 :  07:18:09  Show Profile
We purchased Invictus last May and didn't think about whether we had a tall or standard rig until I tried to install a bimini (it rubs on the bottom of the mastwhen close hauled). I then started asking questions on this site. The easiest way to determine is to tie a line onto your main halyard and hoist it to the mast head. Mark it where it touches the deck. Its 31' for tall rig and 29' for standard. The other way is to lay out your mainsail and measure the luff. On a standard rig it's 24' 8" (+ or -) and the tall rig is 27' 4". That is if no modifications were made to the sail which might have shortened it. So the overall difference between standard and tall is 3'. The rig is 2' taller and the boom is 1' lower. Make sure your upper shrouds are fastened to the outer holes on the chainplates if you have a tall rig. The inner holes are for the standard rig.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/02/2002 :  08:13:12  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Tell us what you are trying to do and maybe there is a better solution. For the most part, you are going to have to measure something.

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Response Posted - 04/02/2002 :  13:19:07  Show Profile
I think the tall rig spar is 1/4" wider in the fore-aft cross section as well and if I remember right the std rig measures 5 1/4" so that might be a way to tell. (I could be wrong too)



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eric.werkowitz
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Response Posted - 04/02/2002 :  19:26:54  Show Profile
Andy is about right. According to the print that Catalina sent me, the tall rig mast is 5" x 3 1/4" and the std. rig is 4 1/2" x 3".

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Response Posted - 04/02/2002 :  20:59:08  Show Profile
Right - that's what I just measured - 3 x 4 1/2" for the std rig.



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