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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 18-08-2014, 21:13
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Posted By Snowpetrel
Re: Staysail Stay Tension

Keen to see how they are run. Any photos?
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 18-08-2014, 06:08
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By Snowpetrel
Re: Staysail stay tension

Interesting, Thanks for posting the Pic. so 3:1 onto a winch again. Same as Insatiable II and many of the sydney hobart boats I looked at last summer.

Interested in how Hawk and Insatiable II's...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2014, 21:57
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By Snowpetrel
Re: Staysail stay tension

^^edit, thanks Jim, (and Ann), good writeups, cheers



As the middle of the mast bends forward it pulls extra cloth out of the middle of the mainsail, this flattens the mainsail, but if the mast...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2014, 18:03
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By Snowpetrel
Re: Staysail stay tension

^^ I guess thats the long answer, the short is that you don't need to completly straighten the mast with the runners, a small amount of bend forward is ideal. Set up the runners and go sailing in a...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2014, 17:57
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By Snowpetrel
Re: Staysail stay tension

Hi Matt, and Wotname

Personally I like tight runners and tight staysail stays. Most staysails are high aspect sails that are very sensitive to stay sag, the top gets baggy very quickly with a...
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