Cheers Mike, (and others)! The only way I can think of doing diagrams would be to draw them, scan them, save them as a JPEG and put them on some sort of site like Photobucket, then put the reference to them in this thread as if they were a photo. HOWEVER, I can completely understand that being too much of a pain in the backside!
I'm NOT convinced that I'm right, but intuitively, I feel that the reading on a load cell stuffed under the mast heel won't change anything like as much as many seem to think it will when the boat is being sailed. My belief is that a big part of the art (science!) of designing a rig would be to ensure that the stays aren't subject to big cyclic loadings - and that can only happen if the static preload is such that whatever loads occur when sailing don't get much bigger than the initial preload. I accept that leeward shrouds on most boats slacken demonstrably when close-hauled, so clearly, rigs can cope with a REDUCTION in load to below the initial static preload, but I'm not sure about increases in load above that.
However, this debate seems to be causing a certain amount of distress to other forumites. (Quite why they should feel compelled to repeatedly return to it in order to confirm just precisely HOW miffed they are is beyond me!), but I am happy to desist for the time being and will ponder the matter further. If any great enlightenment strikes me, I shall return!
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