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Fore or Aft ...That is the question.
On Aug 11, 12:36 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... On Aug 10, 11:04 am, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: "Joe" wrote in message groups.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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If you look at this pictu http://sports.webshots.com/photo/138...63212926ANQKPO You can see the pad eye just under the top spreaders where the inner stay attaches, under the triangle looking platform. For it to run parallel the forward stay then I would have to attach it to the winch..Thats the problem. So it's either fore by 12" or aft by 8" at the base from parallel. Joe It's worse than I thought. You have no fore and aft support up there where the padeye is. If it were my boat I'd add another padeye lower down and put the deck attachment point behind the winch. For one think you don't need a stay in the way when working up the anchor(s) and you don't want that bollard interfered with by a stay. And if you ever decided to put a self-tacking staysail with a boom at the foot the winch would be in the way. Then I'd fit running backstays at the same level on the mast as the staysail stay upper fitting to give the mast needed fore and aft support at the staysail stay when the wind piped up something fierce. Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well I do have a stay running from the top of the main mast to the mizzen mast. I'm not to excited about cutting the mount off the mast and re-welding it lower but that may be the ticket. I'm going to get it all out tomorrow and see how it looks and see if I can come up with any other options. Joe |
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