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Originally Posted by tenchiki
I imagine that a windlass with a capstan would work as the winch to tighten a removable inner forestay. It is an option I've thought of for my next boat. Any real experience doing that?
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I tighten up my flying staysail with the
rope drum on the windlass. It works great. You just have to have a fair lead to it, and in my case I pop the chain out of the
gypsy on the other side so it can freewheel. You have to make sure the
anchor can't just go out with a rush when you do that.