That’s quite a word of caution.
The other thing you don’t want to do is tack with the babystay on. It won’t
bring the mast down, but it sure does cause problems.
From: Fred Hazzard via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 4:05 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Fred Hazzard
Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 44 twin adjustable backstays
Dan, in the 10 years I've sailed my 44 I have rarely found I need to use the
running back stays. In those few time I needed them the wind was blowing hard
and I had a lot of the back stay on to bend the mast to shape the main and
straighten the forestay. At the same time we were sailing into good size waves
that caused the mast to pump forward every time we bore into one. Remember you
will only use one running back at a time. You will have to switch sides each
time to tack. You can further stabilize the mast by using the baby stay, A
word of caution, if you have a lot of back stay on and a lot of running back
on and baby stay on after you have dropped the sails be sure to ease the
running back, as suddenly releasing it can bring the mast down.
Fred Hazzard
S/V Fury
C&C 44
Portland, Or
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Dan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
I just started sailing Breakaweigh and I've been slightly tensioning the twin
adjustable backstays with each tack thinking there is a reason for doing this
but it was brought to my attention by a fellow sailor that these extra
backstays are not necessarily needed unless I'm running a stay sail or adding
some other form of forward tension to the middle of the mast. There is an inner
forestay that only goes a short way up the front of the mast and is not meant
to be used for a stay sail and I have no spinnaker. I only plan to cruise this
on this boat for now and I will be reefing from time to time which could create
more force lower on the mast. How important are these adjustable backstays or
should I just clip them off to the side and clear them from my everyday rig?
Thanks guys,
Dan
1986 C&C44
Halifax, NS
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