K6 TUNING
| 1-5 knots | 5-8 knots | 8-12 knots | 12-15 knots | 15-18 knots | 18-22 knots | 22+ knots | ||
| Shroud Tension Up wind |
15 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 | Never |
| Shroud tension Downwind | 15 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 35+ | Let |
| Lowers Tension Upwind | Fully Slack | Just Slack | Just Slack | Just Slack | Just Slack | Just Slack | Just Slack | Forestay |
| Lowers Tension Downwind | 7 | 10 | Go | |||||
| Rake Upwind | 8670 | 8670 | 8670 | 8600 | 8600 | 8600 or less (1 full hole down on shroud plate) | 8600 or less (1-2 full holes down on shroud plate) | Slack |
| Rake Downwind | 8660 | 8660 | 8660 | 8650 | 8650 | 8650 | 8650 | downwind |
| Spreader deflection | 235 | >235 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 235 | |
| Spreader Length | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | |
| Kicker | loose | Just tight | tight | tight | Very tight | max | max | Up to 15 kts aim is to get the top telltale on the mainsail to be just stalling |
| Cunningham | off | off | off | Just remove luff creases | Just remove luff creases | tighter | max | |
| Outhaul | tight | Ease so foot not creased | Ease so foot not creased | tight | tight | tight | tight | |
| Jib Car | 150mm | 150mm | 150mm | 150mm | 100mm | 50mm | End stop | |
| Jib Clew | Middle hole or top hole in flat water | Middle hole or top hole in flat water | Middle hole | Middle hole | Middle hole | Bottom hole | Bottom hole | Jib sheet tension – ensure that top and bottom telltales break evenly. In 15kts+ always ease in gusts |
| Mainsheet | Centre | Centre | Centre | Centre | Ease | in | Gusts | |
| Mast deck puller | slack | Just tight | Tight – mast straight to spreader | Tight – mast straight up to spreader | Tight – mast straight up to spreader | ease | ease | Note – better to keep more tension on the puller and use more kicker to bend the mast |
Rake measured from mast tip to transom /hull join
Tensions measured with Loos gauge on the shore with no mainsail up