Reliever is a better term I agree. Guess it's off to the rigging catalogues
and see what I can find. I've been tempted to modify the rig so that she
runs a single stay down to about three metres off the deck , then splitting
with an adjuster (reliever whatever) on one side going up to a block and
back down to the other where it would be fixed. Installing a system that
looks a bit like yours would be easier and less expensive. Thanks for your
reply
Regards
Andrew

ps - Maine looks pretty damn nice to me, fog or no fog. Sadly the east coast
of Australia is a bit far away for a short cruise.

tdw

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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It came with the boat and is a standard item.

I don't think of it so much as a backstay tensioner but as a backstay
reliever. You can get it to the same tension with a turnbuckle but then
the hull and rig are set up like that all the time. Not having that
constant force and creep has got to be good.

With a stiff mast like mine, there isn't much sense in fine tuning the
backstay. I just horse up on it when I leave the dock and let it off when
putting the boat away.

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Roger Long



tdw wrote in message ...
Roger,
I notice while perousing your site that you have a rather nteresting
looking backstay setup. My boat has twin back stays which has always made
adjustment a right royal pain in the bum but your setup seems to answer
this problem. Do you have any images of the setup that you could email to
me or details of your setup ? Is it a proprietory brand product or did
you make it up yourself ?
Regards
Andrew