Rob,
I have one of those bendy masts with 3 spreaders and contemplated removing the baby stay. Rather than find out it was really needed at an inopportune time, I installed a 4' PVC tube with a cap from a turnbuckle boot over the stay. The jib sheets are less likely to snag on the stay. Better but not perfect. Regards, Ron Ron Ricci S/V Patriot C&C 37+ Bristol, RI <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of robert via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:10 AM To: [email protected] Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List baby stay My 1984 C&C 32 has a very robust mast.....as was stated "more like an aluminum telephone pole", nevertheless Rob Ball decided to outfit the rig with a baby stay and for that reason, it stays on the boat. It is a PITA when tacking but you get to know your boat and learn how to make efficient tacks by back winding the genoa to avoid the sail catching on the baby stay. I am confident that the boat would perform fine without the baby stay on most day sails but since it is there, it will be attached and tensioned. Maybe on these rigs, the baby stay helps to induce 'rake' on these otherwise 'aluminum telephone poles'. There was another C&C 32 84 at our club whose owner took the baby stay off completely and he didn't appear to have any issues with his rig. If I had one of the C&C models with the bendy masts, 3 spreaders, etc. I would definitely keep the baby stay tensioned. We raced a 34R for several years and I can assure you that boat benefited from a tensioned baby stay. So for me, if the boat designer thought a baby stay was needed, then I will use it. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S.
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