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 >> >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks >> - Stu >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks - Stu > > > > -- > Fair winds and following seas, > > Charlotte Freeland & Riley Anderson > SV Freight Train > Middletown, CT USA > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Joel
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
