Tim,
I consider 2,500 psi the upper limit for the backstay. If that doesn’t
straighten your forestay, there isn’t much that can be done. With that much
wind you should have been using a #3 or #4 jib anyway.
Jake
Jake Brodersen
“Midnight Mistress”
C&C 35 Mk-III
Hampton Va
Tim,
I did not see a response from a 35-3 owner so here is how we approach backstay
pressure on Calypso. Calypso has Dyform wire fore and back stays rated equal
to the rod that was replaced. We have a Harken roller furler. Typically we
experience the most forestay sag in 17 to 20 TWS with th
