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Fore or Aft ...That is the question.
"Joe" wrote in message oups.com... I'm setting up a stay sail forestay and have a slight problem. See this pictu http://sports.webshots.com/photo/272...63212926LiUcvQ The old stay sail stay padeye was welded to an old electric winch that was tossed in favor of my cast iron hot galvanized triple dipped Navy number 1 wildcat drum combo. Now my inner forestay will be either fore or aft of the winch. I guess the best would be right on top of the bollard, but that would screw up the coating and foul things up using the bollard. Which side would be better? ..I'm leaning towards a padeye forward of the doubler plate under the winch. But in a heavy blow she may balance better with a small sail further aft.. Any suggestions or opinions? Joe I have a suggestion. It's based upon the fact that there should be support close to where the stay attaches to the mast. The closer it attaches to the lower shroud, upper mast attachment points the more support it will have and the less sag-off it will have and the less mast bending it will cause. With this in mind, the more forward you put the deck fitting for the stay the higher the fitting on the mast. Head stay and staysail stay should be parallel, btw. If it were mine to do, I'd put the stay deck fitting aft rather than fore. This will probably get the top fitting closer to the support of the lower shrouds which is a good thing as the staysail is often your stormsail. You might even consider fitting runners if you find the upper staysail attach point is somewhere in the middle of an unsupported area of the mast. Wilbur Hubbard |
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