"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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"Scout" wrote
| the mast, she is raised!
| http://sports.webshots.com/photo/281...97509592kFvzbv


What's that skinny thing on the back of the mast on top? How come
the
stay doesn't
bend it down? It looks like it's connected right on the very end of
it.....

For some reason they extended the back stay attachment. I guess it keeps
the
stay out of the path of the mainsail. My Starwind's mainsail would get
hung
up in the backstay from time to time. Maybe this is their answer to the
same
problem?
Scout

You've got to admit that it does look a bit strange.

Sure does Jon - this reinforces why I hang here in asa. I appreciate the
critical eyes of this group.
And I'm always impressed by how much detail folks here glean from text and
pics, even when they come from my crappy cell phone camera!

I try to work with bad news when it's true - truth is better known than
hidden from!
Scout