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katy wrote:
Joe wrote: A new way for yankees to test the rigging set maybe.... Is the forward stay to loose? Or is it that the back stays are to loose? http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/171500..._geneva_ap.jpg Rig tension looks about right to me - very loose when the boat is not actually under way. Why leave the rig under tension any longer than you need to? BTW, it looks like a 505, which doesn't have a backstay, let alone two. Is there any boat that has back *stays*, i.e. more than one? ahhh...Michigan sailing! Well, not for another 5 weeks or so. //Walt |
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"Walt" wrote Is there any boat that has back *stays*, i.e. more than one? My Tangerine has three stays. One forestay and two backstays. Cheers, Ellen |
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"Walt" wrote in message ... katy wrote: Joe wrote: A new way for yankees to test the rigging set maybe.... Is the forward stay to loose? Or is it that the back stays are to loose? http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/171500..._geneva_ap.jpg Rig tension looks about right to me - very loose when the boat is not actually under way. Why leave the rig under tension any longer than you need to? A few dinghies sail with a moderately slack rig. Snipes brought it to an art form back in the Seventies. When sailing to weather on starboard tack, the port shroud would have nearly a foot of freeplay. And we'd tighten our jib luff wires to the point that about 75% of the tension was on the luff wire and only about 25% on the stay. BTW, it looks like a 505, which doesn't have a backstay, let alone two. Is there any boat that has back *stays*, i.e. more than one? Some big boats have runners, and I believe there was a Hunter or something that had twin backstays, for whatever reason I haven't the slightest. Max |
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