Wade, Once we went to In-Line shrouds as opposed to double lowers, the baby stay was introduced to tension the mast forward . . .
With experience, most boats were able to eliminate the use of the baby stay if you had even a small amount of pre-bend aft. We couldn’t rely on you setting the mast up that way, so it was standard across the board. The only worry without one is a reverse bend, which is counteracted by initial prebend . . . And when you are in really big waves and the mast is pumping . . . So, the most common practice is/was to not use it, but have it still clipped to the mast so when the big waves come, you are ready . . . Cheers, Rob Ball C&C 34
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