Sam,
I usually tension the backstay first and have never noticed a problem with slack in the babystay. We don’t use the baby stay much, as the winds here tend to be light. The babystay doesn’t really pull at an effective angle to generate much mast bend either. It does stabilize the lower section of the mast though. I usually can’t see the babystay from the helm, but the effect on the mast (as far as being stable) is noticeable. Jake Jake Brodersen C&C 35 Mk-III “Midnight Mistress” Hampton VA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Sam Salter via CnC-List Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 22:51 To: CNC-LIST <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Sam Salter <sam.c.sal...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Adjustable backstay? Looking at this as an engineering problem (I don't have a 30-2) - explain what I'm missing: Top of the mast is more or less fixed (fore and aft) by the forestay. Sure, it will move back an inch or two when it takes up slack in the forestay, but mostly it's going to stay put. Baby stay puts pre bend into centre of mast or at least fixes it in space, fore and aft. When backstay is tensioned won't the top move mostly down and push the middle of the mast forward, slackening the baby stay? Tensioning the forestay and taking draft out of the main. Do you guys see the baby stay go slack or am I full of it??? sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta
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