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Fore or Aft ...That is the question.
On Aug 10, 7:51 pm, wrote:
"Joe" wrote 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? Yep. Put the storm jib tack on a pennant to raise it off the deck. This accomplishes two things: raises it up above solid water sweeping across the foredeck, thu lowering the odds that it will be ripped in the first ten minutes of real gale conditions; and also moves the sail aft (since the stay is slanted that way). The best place to put the chainplate for the inner forestay is definitely going to be forward of the winch. I'd suggest at the inside of the stem head, where the bulwarks around the foredeck meet. A bigger question is where to terminate the inner stay on the mast. If you looked at the pic in Jon's link, that double-staysail ketch had 3 lowers on the mainmast. Your rig shows only one. That means you either need to add a set of shrouds led aft to offset the forward pull of the inner forestay, terminated at the same point on the mast; or bring the inner forestay to the lower spreaders. That would be the simplest option and the way I'd lean. It would also do the most to bring the center of offort of the storm staysail aft. "Capt. JG" wrote: I'm curious as to why you refer to a bollard on you boat... typically, a bollard is what's on the dock... calling one on a boat isn't wrong, but it's not common. He's referring to the captain. Fresh Breezes- Doug King It's not a capstain. Joe |
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