Thomas Wentworth wrote:
I've been thinking ... how do you go about adding a forestay or short
headstay or what do you call it stay ,,, for a storm jib?

Ok, connect to mast and run wire to deck .. duh?

The deck connection ,, this is where I get lost. Doesn't the stay base need
to be bolted through deck to some type of bulkhead of something? What do
you do if there is no bulkhead below?

How can you support the stay base in the forward part of the deck?


depends on the boat of course. If the deck fitting is say 1' aft of
the anchor locker bhd. then a short tie rod won't interfere with the
V-berth too much. Otherwise

Depends on the boat of course. If the deck fitting is say 1' aft of
the anchor locker bhd. then a short tie rod won't interfere with the
V-berth too much. Otherwise you could consider a deep beam across the
deck (less preferred unless you make it really strong). Then there is
the option of having the inner forestay deck fitting just 1' aft of
the forestay, but the upper attachment point some distance down from
the masthead.

Or you can buy a proper cutter

Evan Gatehouse