Running Backstay Setup

Boracay · 29-01-2007, 22:57

I need to put proper running backstays on my steel Roberts Offshore 44.
The existing arrangement uses some kind of black braided rope from the mast attachments to where it has been tied off at any convenient point.
At the moment I am contemplating using 5 or 6:1 mainsheet blocks with cleats.
So, my question is what would be the optimum or most practical running backstay arrangement?

Alan Wheeler · 29-01-2007, 23:32

Chris, I am running spectra through a 5:1 system and locked of in the cleat on the block. I am only applying tension to the Mizzen, so I do not need any great effort to tension the stays. Are we talking ketch, cutter??

delmarrey · 30-01-2007, 01:01

Here's a post that went into some deatail. I too plan to install running back stays in the near future.

Should we have running backstays ?

Boracay · 30-01-2007, 01:05

My boat is a sloop/cutter.

BlueWater1 · 30-01-2007, 02:19

What boat will be easier to sail in all conditions a Ketch or a Sloop? Can one person sail a Ketch with no help? In the marina where I take sailing classes there is always a discussion on this subject, so I would like to know what you guys think about this. Many thanks for all your help!

BlueWater1

29-01-2007, 22:57	#1
Boracay Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: nr Blackwattle Bay,Sydney, NSW, Australia Boat: Steel Roberts Offshore 44 Posts: 1,248 Images: 12	Running Backstay Setup I need to put proper running backstays on my steel Roberts Offshore 44. The existing arrangement uses some kind of black braided rope from the mast attachments to where it has been tied off at any convenient point. At the moment I am contemplating using 5 or 6:1 mainsheet blocks with cleats. So, my question is what would be the optimum or most practical running backstay arrangement? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Rust never sleeps Boracay Blog.

29-01-2007, 23:32	#2
Alan Wheeler Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Marlborough Sounds. New Zealand Boat: Hartley Tahitian 45ft. Leisure Lady Posts: 8,047 Images: 102	Chris, I am running spectra through a 5:1 system and locked of in the cleat on the block. I am only applying tension to the Mizzen, so I do not need any great effort to tension the stays. Are we talking ketch, cutter?? __________________ Wheels For God so loved the world..........He didn't send a committee.

30-01-2007, 01:05	#4
Boracay Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: nr Blackwattle Bay,Sydney, NSW, Australia Boat: Steel Roberts Offshore 44 Posts: 1,248 Images: 12	Sloop/cutter My boat is a sloop/cutter. __________________ Rust never sleeps Boracay Blog.

30-01-2007, 02:19	#5
BlueWater1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7	Ketch or Sloop? What boat will be easier to sail in all conditions a Ketch or a Sloop? Can one person sail a Ketch with no help? In the marina where I take sailing classes there is always a discussion on this subject, so I would like to know what you guys think about this. Many thanks for all your help! BlueWater1

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30-01-2007, 01:01	#3
delmarrey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Puget Sound, WA Boat: Choate 40 Posts: 3,455 Images: 115	Here's a post that went into some deatail. I too plan to install running back stays in the near future. Should we have running backstays ?

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