Leaving the dock with the incorrect rig settings guarantees suboptimal performance and comfort, but it can also lead to serious safety hazards and unnecessary damage to equipment. Whether you’re an experienced sailor or just starting out, if you fail your set-up, you’re set up to fail.
Think of your rig settings like the tyre pressures of a car. When you buy a new car, the tyres are perfectly pressurised. As the car ages, you have a known pressure level to return to on your dashboard—ensuring that you maintain safety between services.
Riggers and boatyards have used wireless load sensors during rig stepping and tuning for some time—setting up to exact load numbers on screen before handing the yacht over to its owner, along with a tuning guide of recommended dock settings. But, until recently, with no way to determine where they are in relation to these recommendations, owners have had little to no chance of maintaining them.
Now, the world’s top yacht manufacturers are empowering owners with precision dock settings. Simple, low-cost digital upgrades displayed on boat instruments and via a smartphone app allow them to verify their settings against recommendations with precision.
Many yacht designers and boat builders offer Cyclops Load Sensors pre-installed, or they can be retrofitted to your existing yacht.
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