Thom Stewart wrote:
Don, my crewman, is a Dutchman and I mean "Mister Clean" We were, in
every sense, the odd couple. He has two other people with him cleaning
the boat. I handed the copy of your post and he was tickled pink,


Glad to be of help.

By the way; it does have an adjustable back stay, A turnbuckle.


Hmm, that's good but not really any more adjustable than any
other piece of standing rigging with a turnbuckle.

A backstay that is easily adjustable, like say for example
the way the boom vang is, makes a great sail control. If
OTOH you tend to adjust your boom vang only once or twice a
season, then you probably don't want any more adjustment on
the backstay. It's a matter of personal prefereence.

A fractional sloop like this can benefit greatly from
'working' the backstay... in fact it's the second most
important sail control in gusty weather.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King