John,
I agree. I sited up the mast on Glenn Gambel's C&C 36 during the Queens
cup race and notice how much the mast was pumping. I tightened the baby
stay as much as I could without using a winch and it quieted down
significantly.
I was not very familiar with a baby stay with our Redwing 35. It had
dual lowers and a tree trunk mast.
Our C&C 35-3 has a baby stay without a track and car. It is one of the
things that I have contemplated adding. I have never felt that the mast
was pumping an it. Having been dis-masted, some of the people that I
talked with during repair discussion said that they have dealt with mast
pumping failures (not on C&C's).
Neil Schiller
1983 C&C 35-3, #028, "Grace"
Whitehall, Michigan
WLYC
On 11/8/2018 9:09 PM, John and Maryann Read via CnC-List wrote:
I find the baby stay is an essential part for controlling mast pumping
and flattening the mainsail especially when racing. I was amazed at
how much the mast pumped without the baby stay when going to windward
in 15 knots apparent and one to two foot seas. Just lie on the deck
and look up the mast and you can easily see how much it moves with
corresponding impact on the main sail shape. The baby stay eliminates
all that movement so the main sail maintains its shape and flattens it
as well. We found it helped boat speed. Yes it requires crew to get
the genoa past it when tacking and one more thing to keep track of but
isn’t sailing and racing a continuous process of adjustments?
2 cents American
John and Maryann
Legacy III
1982 C&C 34
Noank, CT
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