Dave, I really like that solution. When you set up your Solent stay, did you run a chain plate down the bulkhead for the chain locker? If so, is that tied in to the hull strongly enough?
For the next couple of years, at least, my cruising is unlikely to involve any passages long enough to warrant rigging a storm jib. But that may change if the mood (and the lottery) strikes me. On passages over the last few decades, I've often been glad to have a midstay from which I could hang a storm staysail. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:58 AM, David Risch <davidrisc...@msn.com> wrote: > When preparing Corsair for offshore I could not imagine setting up the ATN > storm jib at the time you would need it. Wrestling with a sail in 35+ knots > and seas to match on a heaving foredeck is not safe and discourages getting > it up early. And given the length of our Js the jib's center of effort is > trying to push the boat off the wind when set on the forestay. > >
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