The Office (35/3) has both.  I didn't think it did much until I tensioned
it offshore and it parted.  I replaced it and continued to use if upwind in
heavy weather.

Joel

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:55 AM Riley Anderson via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Interesting. Our 38-ii had a babystay but it was removed by the previous
> owner. I've been told by a local rigger that the babystay does not support
> the mast in any significant manner, but rather adds bend for going upwind.
> Then again, our boat also had a hydraulic backstay adjuster (also for
> adding bend). Does anyone else have both a babystay and hydraulic adjuster?
> Charlie's anecdote makes it sound like the babystay was acting as an
> auxiliary lower shroud. I just assumed that without a bulkhead mounted
> chainplate, the babystay couldn't possibly be relied upon as a shroud.
>
> We've only had our boat out in 18 knots (first reef in main, 120 genoa).
> Rig was very stiff in these conditions without a babystay or hydraulic
> adjuster. I keep the Dyneema shrouds pretty tight.
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 9:55 AM Richard Bush via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
>> Peter, unless you sail in a heavy air area, just don't use the baby stay;
>> we bungee ours to the mast and it makes no difference at all; except that
>> the crew is a lot less stressed out during tacks....I am confident that if
>> it were removed, no one would even notice...!
>>
>> Richard
>> s/v Bushmark4: 1985 C&C37  CB: Ohio River, Mile 596;
>>
>> Richard N. Bush Law Offices
>> 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine
>> Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462
>> 502-584-7255
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter McMinn via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> Cc: petemcm...@gmail.com
>> Sent: Thu, Sep 2, 2021 12:29 am
>> Subject: Stus-List Baby stay vs new headsail
>>
>> We’ve been sailing this summer with two exhausted composite headsails
>> (110&125) purchased with our 37, Sirius.
>> The leeches on both sails reveal a tortured past with the babystay. With
>> a new Precision tiradial 120 coming over winter, we’re practicing tacks
>> with no babystay contact, backwinding lightly to pull the sail over.
>> Improvement needed.
>> For those of you with babystays, what strategies do you employ to avoid
>> sail contact with the stay and/or minimizing damage?
>> I’ll search archives, too. Thx
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Fair winds and following seas,
>
> Charlotte Freeland & Riley Anderson
> SV Freight Train
> Middletown, CT USA
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