I can't respond to the stay question, as I don't have those, but you can fly your jib 'wing and wing' using a whisker or your spinnaker pole. I do it all the time with a 155. Pole hooked to mast and the jib sheet. If you have a pole lift (topping lift), that makes it easier and keeps the pole from bouncing around so much.
Give it a try - I would recommend a preventer for the boom, as you are flirting with the boom flying across the boat as you are going dead downwind. I rig a line from a mid boom bail forward to a snatch block on the rail a bit forward of the shrouds then back to a block on the side of the cabin - if you don't have that, you will have to improvise. Good luck, Gary 30-1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:26 PM Subject: Stus-List more rookie sail handling questions Seems simple but.. Sailing a "new to me" mid 70s 33 3/4ton special. I have run into a couple of unexpected challenges when running or even on a broad reach. I can't seem to get the either quarter stay out of the way to let the main out enough. The lines that control the tension on them are too short to get them out of the way. They run through a double set of blocks. Is that just a rigging mistake or am I missing something? (I just took the boat the way it was rigged). It seems to be a lot of unnecessary work to have to re-thread the blocks or disconnect and reconnect the shackle. Also, when running is winging the jib a common (or acceptable) practice with such a large sail (135 I think)? If so, I would appreciate a suggestion or two in that direction. I don't have a good enough crew to fly the spinnaker. In fact assume I am single handing but with someone to occasionally watch the tiller for me. No tiller tamer or auto-pilot this year. Skip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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