Hey All,
I'm currently refitting an old 1979 Tanzer 7.5 that I purchased next to nothing. I raised the
mast the other day to get a better understanding of the rigging/what's broken seeing as I've never owned a sailboat before.
Where I'm getting confused is where the forestay from the
mast goes and what where/how the
rigging is setup for a
jib sail? I've attached a picture of what I assume the forestay is coming down from the mast but there was some severed attachments so I had to rig climbing
gear to hold it up for now.
Does the forestay go all the way to the bow of the bow of the
boat to that
chain plate or to the swivel plate it reaches now?
Lastly at the very top of the mast there is one more hole that I assume a stay would come down from but nothing was there so I'm unsure if I'm missing something or have something set up backwards.
I'm sure these are stupid questions but I've drawn a blank at this point.