Mine a are shackled to the toe rail a few inches forward of the rear chock. They have 4:1 block with a cam cleat. There are also blocks which allow a fair lead to either the primary winch or cabin top.
Genrally we lead them to the cabin top winches and the pit main adjusts them upwind when we tack. As they are offset from the centerline you need to be careful you don't pull the mast to windward. Before I had my rig tuned well this would happen. The mast man will eye the mast to make sure we don't do this. In heavier air upwind with the baby stay on and downwind we don't put as much tension on, generally just enough tension on to steady the mast if it is moving around. Eric On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric > > How do you adjust them? > > Joel Aronson > > > On Aug 5, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Eric Baumes <eric.bau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The checkstays on the 34/36 serv a couple of purposes. > > In heavy air and chop they can stop the flexible mast from pumping. If you > use the babystay they can help counter that force. > > In light air, they put shape back into the main. If you put on back stay > tension (particularly with the 3 spreader rig) to point higher you will put > bend in the mast that will flatten the main. The check stays will pull the > center of the mast back to add more shape to the main. > > Eric > > C&C 34/36 > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Speaking of hardware of questionable value - the cars for my check >> stays are missing whatever was in the hole behind the U shaped ring. >> >> Are the check stays only used on the windward side with the spinnaker? >> Was there a ring where the hole is in the car that attached to a >> control line? How strong does that control l have to be? >> >> Joel >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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