Actually, the design paramaters for the B&R rig preclude any kind of
on the fly adjustments so dear to the racing sailor or compulsive
tweaker. Its set it and forget it, what you see is what you got.

As for the older B&R designs, you couldn't use a backstay tensioner.
If you cranked down on the back stay, you loosened the diagonals (not
good)




On Thu, 20 May 2004 13:59:35 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:



Marc wrote:
Its a pair of struts to handle the loading at the gooseneck and
transfer it to the chainplates.

That's right. The newer Hunters have adapted the B&R rig from the
Hunter's Child. Chopped a lot of weight aloft by reducing the mast
section, adding mast support struts, deep swept spreaders reverse
diagonals and jumpers on some. It does save weight but adds a lot of
windage, causes a lot of chafe on the main down wind and is impossible
to adjust headstay tension.