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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

28-10-2010, 16:33

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

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Posted By wolfenzee

then maybe it wasn't a J-27 I do know, it was...

then maybe it wasn't a J-27 I do know, it was about that big an is a $100,000 racing boat. My way if thinking BTW is just this back stay tensioners are for racing boats and racing "style" cruising...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

27-10-2010, 22:21

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By wolfenzee

I was asking around and ran into someone who has...

I was asking around and ran into someone who has been sailing most of his 70 years and now races.....he said the backstay tensioner increases the efficiency of the top of the mainsail ...... he also...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

27-10-2010, 14:29

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By wolfenzee

My rig was designed 70 or more years ago and gets...

My rig was designed 70 or more years ago and gets by quite well with out a tensioner on all points of sail (points 35degress off the wind with out pinching it too much) if I wanted to improve main...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

26-10-2010, 19:20

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By wolfenzee

As my rig is pre-1950, came with a camber in it...

As my rig is pre-1950, came with a camber in it and no back-stay (the mast was actually recognized as an Atkin's style mast).
I wouldn't bother you any more.....It just bother's me when people are...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

26-10-2010, 19:10

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By wolfenzee

It is what this thread is about....but most of...

It is what this thread is about....but most of the examples of how a tensioner work and it's application were refering to racing...I was hoping to give it a nudge back in the direction it was...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

26-10-2010, 15:13

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By wolfenzee

How is the expense and trouble of a backstay...

How is the expense and trouble of a backstay tensioner justifiable for a CRUISING boat

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

25-10-2010, 17:40

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By wolfenzee

backstay tensioner is a racing gadget to be able...

backstay tensioner is a racing gadget to be able to continually fine tune your boat for best race performance....which the marketing industry would like you to think you can't do with out while...

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