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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 19-08-2014, 03:31
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By GILow
Re: Staysail Stay Tension

Well, tonight I went for a wander around our yacht club. There must be around 150 yachts, ranging in size from 30' to 60' or more. I was looking for cutter rigged yachts with running backstays to...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 17-08-2014, 13:42
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By GILow
Re: Staysail stay tension

Thank you, that's rather neat. I can't quite make out the clutch there, do you know which brand/mechanism it is and can you release it under tension ok?

Matt
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 17-08-2014, 02:21
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By GILow
Re: Staysail stay tension

Actually, based on my theory of the cube of the length, we have both increased complexity by the same amount, i.e. 8 times more complicated.

Eeek!:)
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2014, 22:33
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By GILow
Re: Staysail stay tension

OK.

Right....

Er... that's kind of embarrassing. I had the whole sail shape thing totally ar*e-backwards in my head. Well there was a lesson for me for the future, and I have added...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2014, 21:03
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By GILow
Re: Staysail stay tension

Well, ask and ye shall learn. First, Ann, sorry for the extra e, brain fart moment there.

Just to clarify things, nothing I have done so far is irreversible, and so far I am simply swapping...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2014, 16:12
Replies: 21
Views: 4,797
Posted By GILow
Staysail Stay Tension

Hello Cruisers,

After a bit of thought, I felt I should start a new thread, though this does follow on from the well answered thread I posed on maintaining tension on running backstays.

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